Chemicaliën en kunststoffen

Austria, the EU, Finland, Germany, and the UK proposed revising Chapter 4.2 by adding the new hazard category related to global warming.

The European Commission published the Commission Regulation 2023/1608 to amend the European Union Regulation 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

The European Chemicals Agency published an announcement that national enforcement authorities have started compliance inspections on safety data sheets.

In July 2023, EPA published reporting and record-keeping requirements for asbestos under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

On July 17, 2023, the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2023/1464 to amend the REACH Regulation by introducing a new restriction on formaldehyde.

On July 27, 2023, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe published the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.

In June this year, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that the 2024 submission period for the Chemical Data Reporting will start in June 1, 2024.

On June 28, 2023, UK published the REACH Regulations 2023 (No.722) which extends the legislative deadlines for registrants to submit information by 3 years.

On June 16, 2023, OEHHA intended to list anthracene, 2-bromopropane, and dimethyl hydrogen phosphite as known to the state to cause cancer.

On May 24, 2023, L136 published the EU’s official position on the proposed amendments to Annex A of the Stockholm Convention. Read on for more details.

ECHA officially announced the addition of two substances of very high concern (SVHC), bringing the total number of substances on the SVHC list to 235.