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Regulatory News
24 Apr 2015

 

 

ASEAN-Japan Chemical Safety Database Pilot Scheme Launched 24 Apr 2015 The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced the launch of ASEAN-Japan Chemical Safety Database (AJCSD), a platform for sharing information on chemical regulatory schemes and chemical risks and hazards on April 6th.

 

Taiwan MoL Issues the Draft List of Designated Priority Management Chemical Substances 24 Apr 2015 Taiwan MoL issued a draft list of 580 chemical substances, which are designated as priority management chemical substances under OSHA on 13 April. All stakeholders are invited to comment during the public consultation period before 24 April, 2015.

 

South Korea Release Tool to Generate PEC values for CSR Preparation under K-REACH 20 Apr 2015 Since K-REACH came into force this year, the authority has been busy drawing up extensive technical guidance documents and risk assessment tools to aid the process of chemical safety report (CSR) preparation.

 

China Hazardous Chemical Registration for Flavors and Fragrances 20 Apr 2015 Many of the chemicals used as flavors and fragrances fall into the scope of hazardous chemicals in China, especially plant essential oils and distillates. This article shares the hands-on experience of REACH24H experts on hazard classification and hazchem registration of these chemicals.

 

Taiwan Existing Chemical Substances Inventory to Be Updated Before Sep 2015 16 Apr 2015 Taiwan’s chemical substance supplementation program ended on 31 Mar 2015. All application dossiers will be preliminarily reviewed by the end of April and further reviewed in May. It is expected that the Taiwan Existing Chemical Substances Inventory (TCSI) will be updated before Sep since the phase 1 existing chemical registration launches on 1 Sep 2015.

 

Taiwan Won’t Provide Inquiry Service for Identifying Whether a Substance is New or Not 15 Apr 2015 At present self-assessment referencing the online chemicals inventory is the only method available to determine chemical status (new or existing) and according to Taiwan EPA there will be no provision of a more comprehensive inquiry system in future.

 

South Korea Consults on 518 Priority Existing Substances Subject to K-REACH Registration 14 Apr 2015 The public consultation of the draft list of 518 priority existing chemical substances (PECs) subject to registration under the Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances (K-REACH) will end on the 30th of Apr 2015.

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events by ChemLinked of REACH24H

 

 

 

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Meet REACH24H and UMCO in Germany on 28 April 2015 On 28 Apr 2015, together with its counterpart UMCO in Germany, REACH24H will host “China REACH and GHS Compliance Seminar 2015” in Duesseldorf, Germany. This seminar promises a chance to pick the brains of China’s preeminent regulatory experts, and take home the most up-to-date regulatory compliance information.

 

A Great First Step into Asia Pacific Region: REACH24H’s Malaysia Seminar 2015 Successfully Ended On 24 Mar 2015, “REACH24H Kuala Lumpur Seminar 2015” was held in Renaissance Hotel Kuala Lumpur by REACH24H and Chemical Industry Council Malaysia (CICM). This one day seminar attracted over 40 attendees and majority of them are regulatory affairs expert or product stewardship from multinational companies with regional office or plants in Malaysia.

 

China Hazardous Chemical Management Seminar 2015 Successfully Ended in Shanghai “China Hazardous Chemical Management Seminar 2015” held during 15-17 Apr 2015 by The Training Center of China Chemical Industry Academy and REACH24H Consulting Group come to a successful close. This seminar outright fixed upon the new List of “List of Hazardous Chemical 2015”, providing prudent advice to relevant stakeholders.

 

REACH24H’s Taiwan TCSCA Seminar 2015 a rousing success REACH24H Consulting Group and Zhejiang Institute of Standardization (ZIS) successfully held the “Taiwan TCSCA Seminar 2015: New Updates, Implementation and Case Studies” in Hangzhou. It is a great honor for having Ms. Yahui Ni from Taiwan Chemical Substance Registration Center of EPA, along with REACH24H’s senior regulatory specialist Mr. Shawn Xiang to present Taiwan chemical registration under TCSCA and OSHA.

 

 

 

 

[Authorisation] A Second Pilot Project is started by Forum On 24-26 Mar 2015, the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement determined on a second pilot Project on the authorized substances, and this project will focus on substances with a sunset date before 2016.

 

40 Substances’ Evaluation Draft Decisions will be sent by ECHA On 30 Mar 2015, ECHA announced that it will soon send the 2014 Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) draft decisions to registrants.