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Global Chemical Regulation Highlights | April 2024
Apr 30, 2024
In April of 2024, China imposes licensing control on export of 24 precursor chemicals to Myanmar, Laos, and Afghanistan. South Korea published the updated list of pre-registered substances under K-REACH. Japan introduced 12 substances to PAC List. Vietnam notified the draft chemical law to WTO for comment. India published Quality Control Order for orthophosphoric acid. Australia proposed to add Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 under ICHEMS.
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Global Chemical Regulation Highlights | November 2023
Nov 30, 2023
In November of 2023, China released a notice to strengthen standardized environmental management on hazardous wastes. South Korea designated 55 new toxic chemical substances and updated the GHS Classification List. Japan opened a public consultation to designate NPE as Class II Specified Chemical Substance under the CSCL. Thailand DIW proposed to list 147 PFHxS related substances as Type 3 hazardous substances. New Zealand called for submissions regarding proposed changes to a series of group standards to reduce the maximum allowable levels of lead in paint.
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Taiwan to Tighten Control on Organotin Compounds
Oct 13, 2022
Taiwan EPA to strengthen source control and use safety of organotin compounds.
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Taiwan to Update Emission Limits for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Aug 01, 2022
On July 29, 2022, Taiwan’ s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) opened a 60-day public consultation on amendments to the Hazardous Air Pollutant Species and Emission Limit Standards for the First Batch of Stationary Pollution Sources.
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Taiwan EPA Brings Forward the Implementation Date of the Ban on the Use of Chlorpyrifos as Ingredients for Environmental Agents (Updated on July 1)
Jul 14, 2022
On July 1, 2022, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) issued a notice to announce that the implementation of relevant control measures for chlorpyrifos would be brought forward.
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Taiwan EPA Makes Public the Inspection Results of Environmental Agents throughout 2021
May 24, 2022
On May 17, 2022, Taiwan’s Environment Protection Administration (EPA) announced the results of 2021 inspection on the selling and advertising of environmental agents. The Taiwan EPA calls on the public to minimize the use of environmental agents, emphasizing that environmental rectification is the best cure for pest prevention.
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Taiwan Starts Inspections on over 2,000 Enterprises Handling CMRs
Apr 12, 2022
The Taiwan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ministry of Labor (MoL) has made CMRs exposure precaution a key priority for occupational disease prevention in the following five years (2022-2027). As a follow-up, the MoL issued a notification in December last year, announcing that inspections would be carried out since 2022 on enterprises and sites handling substances possessing CMR Category 1.
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Annual Report | A Look Back at 2021 with ChemLinked: Chemical Regulation Updates
Jan 21, 2022
The year 2021 has witnessed many significant events and progress in the chemical industry in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Taiwan Publishes Revision to Regulation of Priority Management Chemicals (Updated)
Nov 09, 2021
Taiwan published the revison to Regulations Governing Designating and Handling of Priority Management Chemicals on November 5, 2021, designed to tighten controls over the handling of priority management substances which may pose serious hazards to the health and safety of workers.
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Taiwan to Restrict Imports of Products Containing Mercury
Sep 02, 2020
On August 26th, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) issued a notice announcing restrictions on the import of products containing mercury from January 1st, 2021. The products that will be restricted include switches, relays, non-electronic measuring devices such as barometers, hygrometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers, etc.
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