Global Emerging Regulations (GER) Issue Team

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This report covers those non-EU countries where significant regulatory reform has occurred or continued during 2015. As it covers the entire year, a significant level of detail has been provided. As was the case during 2015, the intention for 2016 is to supplement this with quarterly updates. Those Cefic Members only wish to refer to selected regions may click on the list in the table of contents for immediate access. Wherever possible, the report does not repeat information contained in the 2014 annual report. For reference, this is contained in the link:

2014 Annual Report circ 9 feb 2015.docx

In case members would like to have information on other countries, Cefic should be contacted for information (Dr. Adriana Jalba, adj@cefic.be)

Disclaimer: The information contained in this document is for Cefic’s members only and further distribution beyond that is not allowed. Whilst the information is provided in utmost good faith and has been based on the best information currently available, it is to be relied upon at the user’s own risk. No representations or warranties are made with regard to its completeness or accuracy and no liability will be accepted by Cefic nor any company participating in Cefic GER for damages of any nature whatsoever resulting from the use of or reliance on the information.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MAINLAND CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC) 3

JAPAN 4

SOUTH KOREA 5

TAIWAN 7

MALAYSIA 9

INDIA 10

THAILAND 10

AUSTRALIA 11

NEW ZEALAND 13

SWITZERLAND 15

CUSTOMS UNION & EEU 16

TURKEY 17

US 18

CANADA 18

BRAZIL 20

COLOMBIA 20

SOUTH AFRICA 20

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MAINLAND CHINA (People’s Republic)

Decree 591 HazChem Registrations: MEP Order Number 22 (The Measures for Environmental

Administration Registration of Hazardous Chemicals) As reported throughout the year, the revised Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals under

MEP Order 22, has now been published. It contains around 2700 chemicals and is now formally available for purchase from REACH 24. The HazChem catalogue now contains classification information which however is not fully aligned to CLP Annex VI. Once this classification has been published, industry must use this, or more severe classifications for SDSs and labels.

China MEP has invited public comments on the revised Order 22. The deadline for public comment was 30th November 2015. The key provisions of China MEP Order 22 are:

1. Manufacturers, importers and users of hazardous chemicals listed in the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2015) shall register them with local environmental protection authorities.

2. Manufacturers and users of hazardous chemicals listed in the Priority Hazardous Chemicals for Environmental Management (PHCs) shall prepare risk assessment report and submit pollutant release and transfer report (PRTR) annually.

The key changes in the revised MEP order 22 are: 1. Small quantity exemption limit is added: <1t/y chemicals in the Catalogue and

<100kg/y PHCs no longer require registrations; 2. Partial exemption for pesticide formulators is added: If an AI is listed in the Catalogue,

manufacturers of the AI shall register the AI; Formulators who use the AI to produce formulations do not need to register;

3. Administrative approval will be replaced by annual record-keeping when it comes to registration: Registrants need to submit required information to local environmental protection authorities for record-keeping purpose annually and take responsibility for the authenticity of the information submitted. Environmental protection authorities will publish the names of registrants on their website and no longer issue any registration certificates.

4. The information required for Hazchem registration is greatly simplified: Only legal entity information, the type, quantity and use of chemicals, safety data sheets and information on the release of characteristic pollutants are needed.

5. The registration of the import and export of toxic chemicals restricted from import/export will no longer be covered by China MEP order 22, instead other regulations apply.

6. Risk assessment report: companies can now prepare their own risk assessment report. Link: http://www.zhb.gov.cn/gkml/hbb/bgth/201510/t20151023_315422.htm In GER’s opinion the changes appear to be positive.

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Licences Companies which manufacture hazardous chemicals in the Catalogue need to apply for

production licences from SAWS. Companies which use chemicals in the Catalogue need to apply for safe use licence (only for certain industries and certain chemicals exceeding certain quantities). Companies which sell import or distribute chemicals in the Catalogue need to apply for operation licences from SAWS.

Import & Export The Catalogue also acts as the China Exit-Entry Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ)’s

legal inspection Catalogue. CIQ will require mandatory hazard classification, compliance declaration, Chinese SDSs and labels at ports before releasing the goods.

Order Number 7 The plans on how to update Order Number 7 to address practical difficulties for the

notification of new substances, have been extensively reported previously. The advocacy work conducted to date resulted in an industry meeting with MEP-SCC. Several key CEFIC-GER topics were discussed. These topics were around:

Data waiving especially for the higher tier studies e.g. carcinogenicity, chronic toxicity

Toxicokinetics

Reprotoxicity

Intermediates

Guidelines for testing

Future plans for Existing Substances

Requirements for Active Pharmaceutical Ingedients

Aided by GER advocacy work, there were positive indications for the majority of these issues. However the anticipated improvements will only be confirmed when the new guidance is published. This is expected during quarter 1 2016. In case members would like to have information on these specific topics and outcomes, they should contact Cefic (Dr. Adriana Jalba, adj@cefic.be)

One point worthwhile mentioning is that MEP-SCC currently has no immediate plans to implement an existing substance regulation by 2017. Instead, the focus will be to develop an existing substance evaluation methodology and to lead the national survey on endocrine disrupting chemicals. They do however have an ambition to implement a new law on chemicals management but this is described as a long term plan and unlikely to be within in next 5 years.

JAPAN

Cefic members are reminded that a Low Volume Exemption to allow up to 1MT/annum/applicant for intermediates and export only chemicals is now firmly in force. This allows 1MT per applicant, not a country total as was the limitation under the previous rules. These applications will be accepted at any point in the year i.e. not restricted to the existing 4 windows of opportunity as with standard Small Quantity Exemption applications.

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On 1st April this year, METI announced 14 new PACS substances under the CSCL law. Below is a link to the website for the official announcement (Japanese only). The first link to a pdf from the website announcement would appear to be the new list of 14 PACS only; the second link to a pdf appears to be the full list of PACS since the scheme started, including the 14 new ones. http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/kasinhou/information/ra_15040101.html

As these were announced at the start of a new fiscal year, the 14 new PACS did not have to be treated as PACS for the volume report by end of June 2015. The additional data requirements for PACS report should only apply from 2016 reporting onwards.

METI has issued separate updated guidance documents for government authorities and industry on GHS classification. Details are available on request. MHLW has announced an amendment to the ISHL law which becomes effective 1st June 2016. This extends the mandatory requirement for GHS label from the current 104 chemicals to 640 substances which according to ISHL already require mandatory SDS. The cut-offs for mixtures containing these substances which will trigger mandatory label and SDS for the mixture in Japan is also expected to be published. During the second half of the year, information became available on a list of chemicals that require SDS and labelling and the addition of 185 chemical substances to the ENCS inventory.

During 2016 advocacy work in harness with JCIA for the anticipated 2017 revision of the CSCL will commence.

Finally there is, apparently, an ongoing initiative at OECD between EU, US and Japan in attempt to harmonise substance/product use categories for chemical reporting and management programs. METI was recently in dialogue with local industry to support this activity with a review of category definitions before feeding back comments to OECD. The move to global harmonised use codes would be extremely beneficial to industry, but was seen as a challenge. If agreement is reached, the harmonised use codes would then be used by Japan in the annual substance reporting exercise. This initiative is relevant to many countries, not just Japan, and therefore it has been decided within GER that this subject deserves separate consideration on a global level and to establish the level of OECD activity.

SOUTH KOREA

The “Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances” (abbreviated to AREC, now better known as K-REACH) was enforced on January 1st 2015. This has drastically changed what was formerly administered under the Toxic Chemical Control Act. The Korean Existing Chemical Substances Inventory or List is often abbreviated to (K)ECI, or ECL. The ECL is still relevant under K-REACH, as it forms the basis to identify a Priority Existing Chemicals List (PECL) for the registration of existing chemicals. The first PECL was published July 1st 2015 and contains over 500 substances (including polymers) manufactured or imported in quantities of 1.0 ton or more per year. PECL substances have to be registered by June 30th 2018. The PECL will be updated every 3 years.

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New chemicals (not on the ECL) have to be registered according to the annual volumes manufactured or imported. For substances (PECL, new, or polymers) manufactured in quantities >0.1 - < 1 ton registration will be enforced from 1st of January, 2020). In moving from TCCA to K-REACH the situation with regards to polymers has changed. This is summarised in the attached document which has been prepared in readiness for the 2016 ChemCon in Amsterdam. This includes the data/information requirements for both polymers and non-polymers. (See embedded document).

Chemcon 2016 SOUTH Korea.docx

For other procedures under K-REACH, the link below provides a useful summary.

KREACH Summary aug 2015 Join.pdf

The revised Ministerial Decree was published on October 30th 2015 (MoE 615). The major revisions and implications can be viewed in the attached.

Ministerial Decree KREACH revisd Oct-30-2-15.pdf

Additional Points for Information

1. For registrations, it is understood that a robust summary report will be accepted but registrants may need to submit a full report if deemed necessary by the authorities.

Information including application forms should be in Korean language. When full reports are required English language reports will be accepted but submissions with summaries in Korean language are required via the IT system.

2. In support for compliance, if companies identify that they had gone above the threshold for a low volume exemption, the MoE will allow those companies time to complete any extra testing necessary, as long as they can prove the studies have been ordered via a letter from the testing laboratory.

3. The IT-Platform is now open for PECL consortium. (https://kreach.me.go.kr/opeweb/main.do) Registrants that are to register are being encouraged to sign into the platform as early as possible in order to organise a consortium to prepare the joint submission data for registration.

4. The ‘Guidance on Operation & Management Procedure for PEC Consortium’ has been issued by the Task Force Team of MoE.

5. On October 15th 2015, the Korea National Assembly announced the draft of a proposed revision of the law (ISHA) in order to amend Safety Data Sheet related provisions.

Changes include: a. When supplying (commercial and non-commercial) hazardous chemical substances

for which a Safety Data Sheet is required, the SDS must be submitted to the Minister of Employment & Labor (MoEL). The MoEL will then publish the SDS its website. Or.

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b. In the case of a trade secret, an application for approval can be submitted to MoEL in order not to disclose in SDS in the public domain. Announcement of Draft Amendment of Industrial (Occupational) Safety & Health

Act by Korea Ministry of Employment & Labor On August 18th The Korea Ministry of Employment & Labor (MoEL) announced the draft

amendments of Enforcement Ordinance and Enforcement Regulation of ISHA in MoEL Notice No 2015-245c for public consultation by September 30th 2015. Under K-REACH, new chemical substances, shall be registered not only with Ministry of Environment (via NIER) but also for ISHA with MoEL. Based on the draft amendments, ISHA adopts volume band registration scheme same as K-REACH. These are detailed in the appendix in the attachment on polymers.

Promulgation of the Regulations on the Management of Chemical Substance Investigation Results and Information Disclosure System by MoE.

The regulation entered into force on the 31st of December 2015 and provides the MoE with specific grounds to publicly disclose, through the MoE’s website, information on chemical substances of the companies handling these substances that had been submitted in the course of the statistical research on chemical substances conducted by the MOE. This represents the first instance in which a Korean government body will make an online disclosure of information on companies’ chemical substances.

The Management Regulations provide that a request for data protection must be made by no later than February 29, 2016. In the event a company fails to timely file for data protection request by the deadline, the company will not only lose the opportunity to obtain a decision to have its chemical substance information undisclosed by the MOE’s data protection review committee in the first place, but also have limited opportunity later on to bring an administrative action against the MOE’s decision to disclose its chemical substance information.

In making a data protection request to the MOE, it is important to prepare the supporting materials so that the materials address each of the following elements of trade secret: (i) secrecy of the information; (ii) competitive or economic advantage conferred on the owner by the information and (iii) reasonable efforts by the owner to maintain secrecy of the information. To ensure a successful outcome on the data protection request, it will also be necessary to prepare the supporting materials in as thorough a manner as possible.

TAIWAN

Historical highlights: As previously reported the Taiwan authorities have revised the Toxic Chemical Substance Control Act (TCSCA), the final regulation being published by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on 4th December 2014. The legislation requires the notification of new substances prior to production or import and the registration of existing substances. Besides other chemical types, cosmetics, pesticides, fertilizers, feeds and feed additives are not in the scope of TCSCA.

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Substances imported to or manufactured in Taiwan between 1st January 2012 – 10th December 2014 and not registered previously were considered as Transitional Chemical Substances. Upon nomination to Taiwanese authorities before 31st March 2015 and following approval by the authority ( information on substance identity and proof of manufacture or import was required), Transitional Chemical Substances became Existing Chemical Substances.

For New Chemical Substances that were to be imported into or manufactured in Taiwan during the grace period between 11th December 2014 up to 31st December 2015, only data for small quantity registration was required. The licence issued is valid for one year. Following expiry of this time-limited registration or if a new chemical is manufactured in or imported into Taiwan for the first time in 2016, tonnage dependent data requirements apply.

Registration required for existing chemicals manufactured or imported above 100kg/annum.

A list of Priority Existing Chemicals will be established

In more detail: New Substances

The mandatory notification procedure for new chemical substances is now fully operational. There are 6 annual volume bands which impact on the information / data requirements: <100kg; <1ton; 1-10 ton; 10-100 ton; 100-1000 ton; >10000 ton. There are special provisions for various categories of chemicals such as R&D and polymers etc. The information requirements across these tonnages and categories are contained in the Appendix to the law and in certain cases are more demanding than EU REACH.

To help facilitate the dossier submission processes, the MOL has officially amended their regulation to establish a better unified window operation. (MOL amendment: http://laws.mol.gov.tw/chi/NewsContent.asp?msgid=4048). Going forward, registrants only need to submit one registration application to the unified window to fulfill both new chemical registration requirements under the EPA and the MOL. For all the registration types, the MOL and the EPA will consult and issue the approvals accordingly. Even with this unified approach, it should be noted that both the requirements of OSHA and TCSCA Acts of new chemical substance registration must be complied with. The Taiwan Chemical Substance Inventory, (TCSI), will be harmonised to be the one and only inventory in Taiwan. However, due to several technical delays of EPA reconfirming their supplementary inventory, the harmonised TCSI is still under the compilation and is expected to be completed and announced soon on the CSNN website (https://csnn.osha.gov.tw/content/home/Substance_Home.aspx). TCSI is expected to list over 100,000 chemical substances, including three batches of existing chemical nomination held by the MOL before 2014 and another 7,700 substances received from the latest EPA existing chemical nomination from January to March in 2015.

At the same time, 4592 new chemical substance cases have been approved by MOL according to its Article 11 new chemical transitional method. Moreover, MOL has disseminated the registration information from these registered dossiers on the information disclosure page of the CSNN website

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(https://csnn.osha.gov.tw/content/login/Login.aspx). The validity of a registration can be checked simply by searching the new chemical registration number.

Existing Chemicals Phase 1 registration of the existing chemicals under EPA’s management scheme is

ongoing. This was initiated on September 1st, 2015 and continues until 31rd March 2016. All the existing chemical substances that are produced or imported over 100 kg/year at least once over the last three years per legal entity require a small quantity registration during the Phase 1 Registration period. An online registration tool is available.

Besides information on substance identity and some basic physical-chemical data, information on tonnage bands for 2012, 2013 and 2014 is required. Based on the data submitted, the Authorities will establish a Priority Chemicals List. These priority chemicals require a standard registration, with tonnage dependent data, during the Phase 2 Registration period. Although the exact data requirements for Phase 2 registrations have not been published they are likely to be similar to the data requirements for the standard notification of new chemicals. The first Priority Chemicals List is expected to be published by the end of 2016 and Phase 2 Registration is expected to start in 2017.

MALAYSIA

CLASS Regulation The Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet of

Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 2013, also known as the CLASS Regulation, was implemented 17th April 2015 and is now in operation for substances and mixtures.

Environmentally Hazardous Substance Notification and Registration (EHS) EHS remains a voluntary initiative under the Department of Environment (DOE) to notify

hazardous substances online. DOE however is at the early stages of drafting regulations to make it mandatory; this new regulation will likely also implement international conventions (e.g. Stockholm, Rotterdam). The EHS Register may be baseline data for further controls and restrictions of chemicals where necessary.

Risk Assessment Guidelines and Manual in development Within the scope of DOE this is for ‘limited’ risk assessment of notified chemicals The

project has been contracted to academia and will conclude by end October. The outcome includes recommendations for prioritisation, a user manual for EUSES and recommended action plan to fill any gaps. This initiative raises concern as it is unclear whether the EUSES default values are to be those used for the EU or if they will be localised. The situation will be closely monitored to enable advocacy work to be conducted at the appropriate time.

Revision of Environmental Quality Act (DOE) This is primarily to address electronic waste and marine pollution.

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Revision of Use and Standards of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health Regulations (DOSH) The intention of this revision is to align with CLASS and GHS.

INDIA

Whilst there is still a desire to continue with the compilation of an inventory, progress has been hampered by changes in Ministerial positions following the recent elections in India. Currently the Chemicals Management Policy (CMP) is still in a draft stage and will not proceed any further until the CMP has been formerly published in the gazette. The publication is expected during the first half of 2016. Following the official publication it is expected that the CMP will be accelerated. The current thinking is that any such program should be relatively straight forward and easy to implement in SMEs. The proposal submitted by Chemexcil to create an 'Indian Chemical Inventory' includes the following steps:

1. Establish a list of all Indian manufacturers by legal entity 2. Pre-register all substances manufactured by these legal entities. 3. This should be a simple process and involve the CAS number or other internationally

recognisable identifier along with the volume bracket manufactured. 4. Classify the pre-registered substances according to GHS and UN transport

classification systems (likely to be in line with EU CLP rather than straight purple book).

5. Identify available data on the pre-registered substances to enable prioritisation for further review.

THAILAND

Headline: As reported throughout 2015 Thailand is to adopt a Chemicals and Hazardous Substances Management scheme to include the establishment of an Existing Chemicals Inventory.

The Department of Industrial Works (DIW) recently announced they are planning to revise their chemicals management system, which would include establishing a Thai inventory. However it is unlikely that even draft of the regulation will be available for comment until early in 2016. However an English translation of how the proposed framework/system would work is available, as is a recent presentation (in Thai) from DIW that announced these developments. . The following briefly represents the current understanding:

DIW will endeavour to combine various chemical lists such as the hazardous substances list, the latest hazardous chemical notification list, the chemicals listed in

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the DIW consultation and the customs databases. DIW will then define these chemicals as “existing”.

It is anticipated that there will also be an existing chemical nomination period. The closure of this has initially been proposed as December 31, 2016. The Government has asked industry if this provisional lead-time is acceptable. The due date will be finalised later. Once the existing chemical inventory is created, DIW will prioritise these chemicals by identifying SVHC’s (similar to REACH). The SVHC’s will be flagged for further risk assessment done by companies. The criteria for prioritising and for risk assessment have yet to be developed. Based on review of the chemicals, they will be classified as Type 1, 2, 3, or 4 chemicals – this part does not change from the current system and is where the government currently controls hazardous substances (bans, restricts, etc.).

Chemicals not listed on the existing chemical inventory will be considered to be new, and a notification will be required, followed by similar assessments.

The government have announced a third party CBI process for “nomination,” details of which are posted on the DIW website. There are, as yet, no procedures or provisions to protect chemical identity on the final inventory.

To date there have not been any details developed regarding other aspects such as procedures for low volume chemicals or definitions, etc.

Further details can be obtained from the following link.

TH chemical framework 151104 (2).pdf

A great deal of uncertainty exists, hence strenuous efforts will be made to obtain further clarity.

AUSTRALIA

Headline: As reported in Q2 2015, NICNAS announced that there will be reforms in line with the current governments aim to accept international standards and approvals. These reforms are expected to enable a quicker path to market, especially for chemicals and products already approved internationally.

Background: Australia published the NICNAS reform implementation plan in September 2015. This initiative plans to rebalance the pre and post market regulatory requirements for managing new chemicals, streamline the existing risk assessment etc., and NICNAS is expecting to decrease pre-market assessment by >70% and reduce regulatory burden on industry by ~AUS$23 million per year. Only chemicals of medium-high risk (Class 3) are required for registration. The reform is mainly learning from practices in US, Canada and EU,

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and aiming to best leverage global existing resources to reduce the workload and is expected to be completed by 1st September 2018. More details can be found on the NICNAS website: http://www.nicnas.gov.au/about-nicnas/nicnas-reforms This includes a discussion paper on options to recover the costs of implementing the reforms through increases in the NICNAS registration charge.

Consultation Paper 1; Implementing reforms to the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme was released by NICNAS in October 2015, with an invitation to industry to send comments before December 14th 2015. This activity has been co-ordinated by Cefic with its GER members In case members would like to have a copy of the Consultation Paper or information on these specific topics and outcomes, they should contact Cefic (Dr. Adriana Jalba, adj@cefic.be) In more detail

NICNAS reforms consultation Approaches to key aspects of the reforms are proposed to be released publically in a

series of consultation papers by NICNAS ahead of the finalisation of the legislation for introduction into Parliament in the Spring sitting of 2016 (subject to agreement by Government).

The Consultation Papers are planned for release on the following dates (for a minimum four-week consultation period and, where possible, six weeks):

October 2015 (released and consultation closed 14th December 2015)

January 2016

March 2016

May 2016 Consultation Paper 1 outlined the proposed reforms and described:

a simplified system for categorising new chemicals into 3 classes, including the categorisation criteria and regulatory obligations under each class

proposed NICNAS assessment process, timeframes and regulatory outcomes

assessment of chemicals listed on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS)

transitional arrangements for new chemicals currently introduced under exemptions, permits and certificates

an explanation of the relationship between NICNAS and other regulators, including State and Territory risk managers

an overview of NICNAS’s proposed use of international risk assessment materials

treatment of confidential business information

Inventory Multi-Tiered Assessment And Prioritisation (IMAP) programme Tranche 15 is open to the public for comment, the comment period will end at the close

of business on 14th January 2016. An overview of public comments and the NICNAS

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responses for Tranche 12 (published February 2015) to Tranche 14 (published July 2015)

is available (NICNAS is considering additional information provided for some chemicals

published in Tranches 9-14)

NICNAS Annual Report 2014-2015 Reports on the operation and outcomes of NICNAS: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/annual-report2014-15

In the following sections;

Appendix 2: Report from the Director of the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme on the operation of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989; and

Outcome 7 Health Infrastructure, Regulation, Safety and Quality: Industrial Chemicals.

NEW ZEALAND

The Health and Safety Reform Bill was passed by Parliament in late August 2015, this made changes to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act through the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Act 2015. The changes to the HSNO Act will come in to effect at different times. A key aspect of these initial changes was the ability of the New Zealand Environmental Authority (EPA) to issue EPA notices which are a legal tool for setting rules for hazardous substances: http://www.epa.govt.nz/hazardous-substances/hsno-reform/Changes-HSNO-HS/Pages/default.aspx

The EPA publically consulted on proposals for four EPA Notices in one consultation document, the released the ‘Reforms of Hazardous Substances Management under the HSNO Act – Proposals for EPA Notices for Classification, Labelling, SDS and Packaging’ in December 2014 for consultation. This consultation closed in February 2015.

Comments on the consultation document have been submitted by GER member companies in accordance with the deadline. Enactment is expected by mid 2017. The reform focuses on enforcement and has already looked at enforcement agent training. They are particularly interested in SDS compliance, classification, packaging, labelling, SDS. A two year transition period has been proposed for all aspects. It is hoped reform will facilitate trade between New Zealand and Australia. As part of the reform, New Zealand intend to implement GHS Revision 5. There are some differences between classification and labelling requirements for chemicals and consumer products (e.g. building blocks implemented for consumer products that are not applicable to chemicals etc.), specific labelling and SDS requirements. Details can be found at http://www.epa.govt.nz/consultations/hazardous-substances/Pages/notices-consultation-documents.aspx Further points of interest include:

Inclusion of GHS edition 5 (however it is still not clear as to whether they will keeps the HSNO elements or use the GHS)

Removal of skin irritant Cat 3 and acute tox Cat 5 for industrial and agricultural chemicals only. i.e. categories to remain for consumer products.

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Aligning classification cut-offs for mixtures containing sensitisers, CMR’s and STOT with Australia.

Maintaining terrestrial ecotoxicity classifications for ‘substances designed to have biocidal action’. It is currently unclear if this will apply to Agricultural only or all biocides.

Aligning aquatic tox classification with the EU (Cat 1 acute ecotoxicity + Cat 1 – 4 chronic ecotoxicity).

Clarifying the labelling requirements as currently a substance may have more than one route for labelling.

To add two general label statements “Keep out of reach of children” and “If medical advice is needed, have product container or label at hand” to all consumer products classified for acute toxicity, aspiration hazard, respiratory sensitisation, skin sensitisation, germ cell mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, specific target organ toxicity, corrosive to skin or corrosive to the eyes

Inclusion of overseas suppliers/manufacturers details to labels Adding two warning statements “Keep out of reach of children” and “BEWARE:

Deliberately sniffing or inhaling concentrated contents can be harmful or fatal” on all aerosol products.

Requirement for SDS for any new hazardous substance introduced to the workplace regardless of the quantity.

Importers to provide an SDS to anyone who requests one. Not just to the relevant workplace.

The concentration cut-offs for the disclosure of CMR’s, sensitisers and STOT appear to be lower than for classification. Clarification on this is expected as it could be an error.

The importer or manufacturer will need to prepare the SDS prior to the importation or manufacture and before supply.

In a recent circulation it was learned that the New Zealand EPA Hazardous Substances (Importers and Manufacturers Information) Notice 2015 was Gazetted 21st October 2015. This is the first of the new legislative instruments to be issued under the newly amended HSNO Act. The Notice can be found at:

http://www.epa.govt.nz/Publications/EPA_Notice_Importers_and_Manufacturers.pdf The notice requires all importers or manufacturers of Hazardous Substances or products

containing hazardous substances to provide the EPA with company contact details, including a New Zealand based person who can be contacted by the EPA. It came into force on the 19th of November this year. Details must be provided within 30 days of the first import following this date. A guidance document is available here: http://www.epa.govt.nz/Publications/Information_notice_guidance.pdf The form to complete this notification is available on the Importing and manufacturing hazardous substances page on the EPA website.

At the point of release of this EPA notice it was also advised that they are preparing seven other EPA notices to cover qualification requirements for hazardous substances enforcement officers, hazardous substance classification, labelling, packaging, safety data sheets, disposal and hazardous property controls.

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SWITZERLAND

Chemcals Ordinance SR813.11 (ChemO) The revised ChemO was enforced on 1st July 2015. This revision now fully implements

GHS for substances and mixtures. There is a grace period for products packaged and labelled prior to 01.09.2015 until 31.05.2017.

There remain a few problems in the revised ChemO:

Art 25: If a new chemical is imported from the EU, the relevant annual quantity which triggers registration requirements is not the actual quantity imported to Switzerland but the quantity annually produced in or imported into the EU.

Art 26: Exemptions from the registration requirements with regard to polymer additives: there is no reference to stabilisers like under REACH. Thus stabilisers require registration if present above 2%.

There has been change of the Swiss candidate list which features in Annex 3 (formerly Annex 7).

Chemicals Risk Reduction Ordinance SR814.81 (ChemRRO) The revised ChemRRO was enforced 1st September 2015. This revision implements

various international requirements (e.g. POP). The most relevant elements of the revision are as follows:

Full prohibition of HBCD and SCCP (HBCD moved from Annex 1.17 to Annex 1.1)

New procedures for spray flights for fertilizers and plant protection products

Prohibition of instruments containing mercury (calomel reference electrodes exempt)

End date of chlorine-alkaline-electrolysis plants has been set to 31.12.2017 (as in the EU).

No additions have been made to the Swiss Authorisation List (Annex 1.17). Biocidal Product Ordinance SR 813.12 (BPO)

The EU BPR and the Swiss BPO are substantially on the same level. Thus, the mutual recognition agreement has been “revived” on 14.04.2015. Due to the short period to the 1st September 2015 deadline for the Article 95 requirements under the BPR, the Swiss market participants have to fulfill the requirement sunder Art 62 BPO by 1st September 2016.

Nano materials The Swiss Federal Office for Environment (BAFU) has invited industry to participate in a

pilot phase to test the guidelines under the “self-control principle”. The guideline shall be officially published after the pilot phase sometime during 2016.

General In September the federal council has decided not to start negotiations with the EU on a

REACH participation of Switzerland but to continue to develop chemicals legislations independently. Following this the federal office of public health as the lead agency has initiated a process for the next steps of development of the Swiss chemicals legislations as not to fall behind the EU with regard to the levels of protections an knowledge that REACH provides for in the EU. The process is due to deliver a revision of the relevant ordinances by late 2017.

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CUSTOMS UNION & EEU

The English translation of the latest version of the Draft Custom Union (CU) Technical Regulation on Safety of Chemicals products is available via the Custom Union (CU) web page http://www.tsouz.ru/db/techreglam/Pages/ProektVGS.aspx.

The Kazakhstan Government officially notified the Eurasian Commission that the CU chemical regulation could be adopted providing there was acceptance of Kazakhstan’s proposals, including threshold for registration; registration of only those mixtures which contain CMRs (above threshold) and inclusion of the information from credible international sources into the CU Register of ChemicalProducts. This against the background that the CU proposal required registration of all substances and mixtures without any threshold. Further details of the Kazakhstan proposal is as follows:

1 t threshold for registration of substances (except CMRs Class 1,2, PBT/vPBT)

100 kg threshold for registration of CMRs Class 1,2, PBT/vPBT

Registration of CMRs Class 1, 2 , PBT/VPBT in mixtures only above threshold of 100 kg if concentration is as follows: CMRs Class 1 > 0.1%; CMRs Class 2 >1%; PBT/vPBT >0.1%

Registration of only those mixtures that contain CMRs Class 1 in concentration > those in Attachment 4, if above 1 t threshold

Changes to Attachment 4

Inclusion of the information from credible sources into the CU Register of Chemical Products.

Accession to OECD is currently one of the most important topic in Kazakhstan Government agenda, and OECD recommendations are being utilized to defend the Kazakhstan position which has recently been sent to CU Commission via diplomatic channels.

On 1 December 2016, Order 26/2015 of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) was published setting a timeframe for the pre-adoption process of the Eurasian Economic Union’s (EEU) three main draft chemical regulations: "On safety of paints and varnishes"; "On safety of synthetic detergents and household chemical goods"; and "On safety of chemical products." According to the Order, the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan must coordinate finalizing the drafts and submit them to the Board of the EEC by 10 February 2016. Within a month of the date of receiving the drafts, the Board is required to send them to the current EEU members - Armenia, Belarus, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - for intra-governmental consultation. While the Order does not set a deadline, adoption of the three regulations is expected sometime in mid-2016, providing all EEU members adhere to the timeframe. In previous years, adoption of these regulations has suffered multiple setbacks.

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TURKEY

Headline: Cefic members are alerted that although delayed, Turkey will adopt a REACH like Regulation probably during the first half of 2016.

Turkey’s Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (MoEU had issued a draft national regulation known as KKDIK (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) for comments in 2014 Since then the draft was removed from the official website, but it has been declared that the final Turkey REACH legislation would be published by end of 2015.) Based on the draft legal text of August 2014 and unofficial English translations of the articles, known details were provided in the 2014 Cefic GER annual report. One major change that was communicated through a presentation of a Government official is that apparently a pre-registration phase may be introduced. . Although no formal written confirmation from the competent authority is available at this time, Latest information known is as follows:

KKDIK may be published by end of Q4/2015, but no exact date has been announced.

KKDIK applies to substances manufactured or imported in quantities above 1 t/a.

The registration phase may be delayed and extended from 31/12/2015 - 31/12/2018 to 31/12/16 - 31/12/2020.

Registrations will not be phased depending on volume, i.e. everything above 1 t/a will have to be registered by the end date (whih still needs to be confirmed depending on the KKDIK publication date)

Contrary to previous communication, a pre-registration phase may be introduced.

Substances on EINECS and ELINCS are subject to registration.

The IT tool to be used for registration submission will be an extension of the existing SEA classification & labelling online platform. Automatic transfer from IUCLID/REACH IT in the EU will not be possible.

A locally certified expert for risk management based in Turkey will have to be in place to handle and submit substance registrations.

The OR (Only Representative) concept is expected to be exactly the same as in the EU.

The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization is the responsible authority for implementation and enforcement of KKDIK.

As previously reported, Turkey published and enforced their CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging) Regulation (Turkish abbreviation is SEA) on 11 December 2013. Substances classified as hazardous according to SEA criteria placed on the market on their own or as component of a mixture had to be notified into the Turkish Classification & Labelling Inventory. The deadline for this notification passed on 1 June 2015. For substances placed on the market for the first time after this date there is a requirement for notification within one month after placing on the market.

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To protect confidential business information from the exporting party, notifications can be handled via a Legal (“Only”) Representative in Turkey. This is outlined in Article 41 of the SEA regulation. The notification needs to be done substance per substance via a specific IT platform which does not allow bulk upload.

US

On 17th December 2015, the Senate passed the TSCA modernization bill "Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act” by unanimous voice vote. The bill that passed was a substitute amended version of the previous S. 697. Differences from the previous version include provisions for long-term storage of mercury and for identification and investigation of potential cancer clusters. The revisions include a requirement for the first time for EPA to review the safety of all chemicals in commerce. The next step on TSCA modernization will be a conference negotiation with House representatives on their TSCA modernization bill H.R. 2576, which passed the House in June. The situation will be closely monitored and any developments reported in due course.

As a reminder it is recommended that member companies prepare for the 2016 IUR reports.

CANADA

Details on CEPA 71 Mandatory Notice, are as follows: Notice Issued for Certain Polymers

Environment Canada on 25 July 2015 issued a notice under paragraph 71(1)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) requiring information on certain polymers that are on the Domestic Substances List (DSL). The purposes of this data gathering notice are to assess: whether certain polymers are toxic or are capable of becoming toxic; or whether to control, or the manner in which to control, the listed polymers. The notice applies to more than 300 substances that are listed in Schedule 1 of the notice, and to any person who, during the 2014 calendar year, manufactured, imported, or used a total quantity greater than 1000 kilograms (kg) of a substance listed in Part 1 or greater than 10 kg of a substance listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1. However, the notice does not apply to a substance in Schedule 1 if the substance is in transit through Canada, or regulated under the listed laws other than CEPA 1999. Information to be submitted includes: manufactured, imported, or used volume; a description of any known or anticipated environmental releases of the substance and the waste management practices, policies or technological solutions in place to prevent or minimize releases; and study title(s) of any unpublished or published data or studies on the substance with regard to physical-chemical properties, bioaccumulation, persistence, and toxicity. Written responses were due no later than 3 December 2015.

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Notice Issued for Certain Nanomaterials Environment Canada on 25 July 2015 issued a notice under paragraph 71(1)(b) of the

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) requiring information on certain nanomaterials in Canadian commerce. The purposes of this data gathering notice are to assess: whether certain nanomaterials are toxic or are capable of becoming toxic; or whether to control, or the manner in which to control, the listed nanomaterials. The notice applies to substances that are listed in Schedule 1 of the notice, and that have a size of between 1 and 100 nanometers in at least one external dimension or internal or surface structure. The list includes more than 200 substances. The notice applies to any person who, during the 2014 calendar year, manufactured or imported a total quantity greater than 100 kilograms (kg) of a substance set out in Schedule 1. However, the notice does not apply to a substance in Schedule 1 if the substance is: in transit through Canada; naturally occurring; incidentally produced; or regulated under the listed laws other than CEPA 1999. Information to be submitted includes: manufactured or imported volume; whether any known or anticipated final substance, mixture, or product containing the substance is intended for use in consumer activities; whether the nanomaterial is intended for use by or for children 14 years of age or younger; and study title(s) of any unpublished or published data or studies on the substance with regard to physical-chemical properties, bioaccumulation, persistence, and toxicity. Written responses are due no later than 23 February 2016.

Notice Issued for Certain Priority Petroleum Substances Environment Canada on 25 July 2015 issued a notice under paragraph 71(1)(b) of the

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) requiring information on certain petroleum substances that are on the Domestic Substances List (DSL). The purposes of this data gathering notice are to assess: whether certain petroleum substances are toxic or are capable of becoming toxic; or whether to control, or the manner in which to control, the listed priority petroleum substances. The notice applies to 70 substances that are listed in Schedule 1 of the notice, and to any person who, during the 2014 calendar year, manufactured, imported, or used a total quantity greater than 1000 kilograms (kg) of a substance listed. However, the notice does not apply to a substance listed in Schedule 1 if the substance is: in transit through Canada; regulated under the listed laws other than CEPA 1999; imported by a petroleum refining facility for uses other than formulation or blending into a mixture or product; a fuel or fuel additive or contained in a fuel or fuel additive; imported within an internal combustion engine; imported within a closed hydraulic or functional fluid system; or imported in engine oil, brake fluid, steering fluid or other functional fluids. Information to be submitted includes: chemical identity; the consumer and commercial code(s) set out in the notice that apply to the substance; and information on purchasers to whom the largest quantity of the substance above 100 kg was sold if the substance was imported in 2014. Written responses are due no later than 20 October 2015. The review of chemicals under the CMP still progresses.

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BRAZIL

The Cefic Membership is alerted to the fact that media reporting suggests that Brazil’s Ministry of Environment is expected soon to announce a new chemical regulation aimed at hazardous chemicals. An article providing additional information is available on request.The situation will be closely monitored and any developments reported in due course.

COLOMBIA

Since 26th January 2015, companies producing, importing, storing, acquiring, distributing and/or using controlled substances over certain thresholds must hold a valid authorisation or be registered with the Information System for the Control of Chemical Products and Substances. Controlled substances are those which can be used in the manufacture of drugs, including commodity chemicals such as butanol, toluene, acetone and hydrochloric acid. Operators must also register activities involving controlled substances with the Sistema de información para el control de sustancias y productos químicos (SICOQ) from 1st July 2015 and keep records of these activities for at least ten years. The renewal of existing authorisations for activities involving potassium permanganate, hydrochloric acid and/or sulphuric acid in a volume lower than 5 kilograms/litres per month must be requested by 26th April 2015. Other authorisations issued prior to 26th January 2015 remain valid up to their expiry date.

The legal reference is the Resolución 0001-15 (only available in Spanish). Article 4 of this Resolution provides the full list of the controlled substances.

SOUTH AFRICA

Information became available in third quarter of the year that outlines the production, use, import or export of certain regulated chemicals requires information to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Affairs. Information includes the quantities involved. and the category of use, The list of regulated chemicals are provided in the Request for Information on Chemicals Produced, Used, Imported or Exported in South Africa and include chemicals such as: 1,2- Dichloroethane, 1,3 Dichloropropene, Alachlor, Aldicarb or Aldrin. The requested information will assist the Government in developing a National Chemicals Profile. Facilities had until 18 November 2015 to submit the requested information to the Department of Environmental Affairs.

At the Chemicals Management & Land Remediation Summit held in October 2015 in Pretoria, South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) announced the drafting of a chemicals management bill that will include provisions for industrial chemicals registration and risk assessment. The objectives of the bill, as presented, are to implement the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (Stockholm, Rotterdam, Basel and Mniamata conventions) into the national law, to address the aspects of chemicals managements that

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are not currently covered by the existing framework (particularly the registration and risk assessment of industrial chemicals and to formalize the national coordinating efforts in a Multi-stakeholder Committee on Chemicals management. According to the timing announced at the above mentioned Summit, the draft Bill development will take place in 2016, with a consultation foreseen in Q3 – Q4 2016, and is expected to be finalized and tabled for the Parliament adoption in Q3 2017.

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Resources and References MAINLAND CHINA (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC) 22 SOUTH KOREA 24 TAIWAN 25 MALAYSIA 27 JAPAN 27 CAMBODIA 29 AUSTRALIA 29 TURKEY 29

MAINLAND CHINA (People’s Republic)

State Council Decree 591 Regulations on Safe Management of Hazardous Chemicals

Official Legal Text in Chinese

http://www.gov.cn/flfg/2011-03/11/content_1822902.htm

For non-Chinese Readers

Non-official English Translation

Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals(2015)

http://www.chinasafety.gov.cn/247023/content_247023.htm

China New Substance Notification

MEP Order 7 - The Measures for Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances

http://www.gov.cn/flfg/2010-02/04/content_1528001.htm

For non-Chinese Readers

Non-official English Translation

Guidance on New Substance Notification

http://www.zhb.gov.cn/gkml/hbb/t20100921_194878.htm

HazChem Registration

SAWS Order 53- The Measures for the Administration of Registration of Hazardous Chemicals

http://www.chinasafety.gov.cn/newpage/Contents/content_173369.htm

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China MEP Order 22 - The Measures for Environmental Administration Registration of Hazardous Chemicals

http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/content/2013/content_2307058.htm

List of Priority Hazardous Chemicals for Environmental Management (84)

http://www.zhb.gov.cn/gkml/hbb/bgt/201404/t20140409_270296.htm

List of toxic chemicals severely restricted to be imported into or exported from China (162)

http://www.zhb.gov.cn/gkml/hbb/bgg/201312/t20131231_265886.htm

Chemical Weapons Precursors

State Council Decree 190 - Regulations on Administration of Controlled Chemicals

http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/content/1860782.htm

Implementation Rules on the Regulations on Administration of Controlled Chemicals

http://www.miit.gov.cn/11956540.html

List of Schedules of Controlled Chemical Weapon Precursors

http://www.zjhx.org/view.asp?id=349

Drug Precursor Chemicals

State Council Decree 445 - Regulation on the Administration of Precursor Chemicals (2005)

http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/content_30777.htm

Provisions on the Administration of the Import and Export of Precursor Chemicals (2006)

http://www.gov.cn/ziliao/flfg/2006-09/26/content_398912.htm

Measures for the Licensing for Production and Operation of Non-pharmaceutical Precursor Chemicals (2006)

http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/content_609923.htm

GHS in China

GB 30000 Rules for classification and labelling of chemicals;

Chinese Version (Purchase Required.)

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GB 15258-2009 General rules for preparation of precautionary label for chemicals;

Non-official English Translation

GB/T 16483-2008 Safety data sheet for chemical products: Content and order of sections;

Non-official English Translation

GB/T 17519-2013 Guidance on the compilation of safety data sheet for chemical products;

Chinese version.

SOUTH KOREA

Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances(K-REACH)

Official English translation of the full text of K-REACH

http://elaw.klri.re.kr/kor_service/lawView.do?hseq=31605&lang=ENG

Introduction to K-REACH - By the Ministry of Environment

http://eng.me.go.kr/eng/web/index.do?menuId=167&findDepth=1

K-REACH Presidential Decree in Korean

Important Document Outlining K-REACH Exemptions and Data Requirements

Korea Existing Chemicals List (KECL) in English

http://ncis.nier.go.kr/main/Main.jsp

The First List of 510 Existing Chemicals Subject to Registration - Bilingual

http://www.chemnavi.or.kr/spboard/notice.asp?mode=read&IDX=598

Existing Substances Exempt from Annual Reporting - Bilingual

List of existing substances that do not require annual reporting under K-REACH due to their low concern.

KCMA K-REACH Registration Guidance - Korean

http://www.chemnavi.or.kr/main.do

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K-REACH Safety and Labelling Sandards for Product of Risk Concern - in Korean

MOE Notice No. 2015-41 Designation of Product of Risk Concern and Safety and Labelling Standards

Occupational Safety and Health Act(OSHA)

Official English Translation of OSHA

http://www.moleg.go.kr/english/korLawEng?pstSeq=57986

Korea GHS

MoEL's Public Notice No. 2013-37 - The Standard for Classification Labeling of Chemical Substance and Material Safety Data Sheet in Korean(*)

http://www.moel.go.kr/view.jsp?cate=4&sec=4&mode=view&bbs_cd=116&state=A&seq=1376440032461

Compulsory GHS classification list by NIER

http://ncis.nier.go.kr/ghs/board/list_1_view.jsp?board_id=00202&seq=6

GHS SDS Database by Korean Occupational Health and Safety Agency(OSHA)

http://www.kosha.or.kr/msds/msdsMain.do?menuId=69

TAIWAN

Toxic Chemical Substance Control Act (TCSCA)

Official English translation of TCSCA

http://law.moj.gov.tw/eng/news/news_detail.aspx?SearchRange=G&id=7444&k1=toxic

All Supporting Regulations and Measures for Toxic Chemicals - in Chinese

http://ivy5.epa.gov.tw/epalaw/index.aspx

Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in Taiwan

http://csnn.osha.gov.tw/content/home/Substance_Home.aspx

List of Toxic Chemicals under TCSCA

Toxic Chemicals Annouced by EPA.

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Regulations on New and Existing Substance Registrations under TCSCA - in Chinese

http://ivy5.epa.gov.tw/InputTime=1031205094758

Regulations on New and Existing Substance Registrations under TCSCA - in English

http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawContent.aspx?PCODE=O0060043

TCSCA Substance Registration Platform - in Chinese

http://tcscachemreg.epa.gov.tw/content/index.aspx

Occupational Safety and Health Act(OSHA)

Official English Translation of OSHA

http://laws.mol.gov.tw/Eng/FLAW/FLAWDAT01.asp?lsid=FL015013

Final Rules for New Substance Registration under OSHA - in Chinese

http://csnn.osha.gov.tw/content/image/fck/D%E6%96%87.pdf

OSHA New Substance Registration Platform - in Chinese

http://csnn.osha.gov.tw/content/login/Login.aspx

Permit and Reporting Platform for Controlled Chemicals and Piority Management Chemicals - in Chinese

http://prochem.osha.gov.tw/content/masterpage/index.aspx

List of Controlled Chemicals and Guidance on Applying for Handling Permits for Controlled Chemicals - in Chinese

http://prochem.osha.gov.tw/admin/images/fck/1031231.pdf

Guidance on Reporting Priority Management Chemicals and Thresholds for Reporting - in Chinese

http://prochem.osha.gov.tw/admin/images/fck/1031232.pdf

The First Draft List of 580 Priority Management Chemicals - Bilingual Version

hhttp://prochem.osha.gov.tw/admin/images/fck/file/1040407.pdf

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GHS in Taiwan

Regulation of Labelling and Hazard Communication of Hazardous Chemicals - English

http://ghs.osha.gov.tw/CHT/intro/AnnounceData3Detail.aspx?id=274

CNS 15030 Classification and Labelling of Chemicals - English Available

http://www.cnsonline.com.tw/?locale=en_US

GHS News & Updates

http://ghs.osha.gov.tw/ENG/masterpage/index_ENG.aspx

MALAYSIA

Hazardous Substances Division, Department of Environment

https://www.e-ehs.doe.gov.my/app/webroot/portal/

JAPAN

Chemical Management Policies in Japan

http://www.meti.go.jp/english/policy/safety_security/chemical_management/index.html

Official Outline of Chemical Control Laws in Japan

http://www.chemical-net.info/pdf/20121031_D3_Japan_eng.pdf

Chemical Substance Control Act(CSCL)

Official English translation of CSCL (2011)

http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/english/cscl/files/laws/laws_cscl.pdf

Presentation on CSCL by METI

http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/english/files/setsumeisiryou_eng.pdf

Introduction to New Substance Notification under CSCL by NITE

http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/kasinn/pdf/cscl_new_chemicals20100909-jp_and_ch.pdf

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Search ENCS and Download Regulatory Lists from CHRIP

http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/sougou/view/SystemTop_en.faces

Industrial Safety and Health Law (ISHL)

Official English Translation of ISHL

http://www.jniosh.go.jp/icpro/jicosh-old/english/law/IndustrialSafetyHealth_Law/index.htm

Download Lists of Hazardous Substances Regulated by ISHL

http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/sougou/view/SystemTop_en.faces

Search ISHL List

http://anzeninfo.mhlw.go.jp/anzen_pg/KAG_FND.aspx

PRTR Law in Japan

Laws and Guidances - English

http://www.prtr.nite.go.jp/index-e.html

List of Specified Substances Subject to PRTR Reporting

http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/law/msds/sin1shueng.pdf

Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law

Summary and Lists of Poisonous and Deleterious Substances - English

http://www.nihs.go.jp/law/dokugeki/edokugeki.html

GHS in Japan

Purchase JIS 7252 and 7253 from JSA

http://www.jsa.or.jp

GHS News and Guidance

http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/ghs_index.html

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CAMBODIA

Law on standards of Cambodia

http://www.cambodiainvestment.gov.kh/category/law-regulation/page/7

AUSTRALIA

NICNAS website

http://www.nicnas.gov.au/about-nicnas/nicnas-reforms

TURKEY

Official Presentation on Chemical Control Laws in Turkey - in English

https://kimyasallar.csb.gov.tr/uploads/file/Presentation.pdf

The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization - MoEU

http://www.csb.gov.tr/turkce/index.php

Turkish CLP Regulation- Provided by CRAD - in Turkish

http://www.crad.com.tr/UPLOAD/URUN/FILES/SEARegulation-16180820651.pdf

Turkish SDS Regulation- Provided by CRAD - in Turkish

http://www.crad.com.tr/UPLOAD/URUN/FILES/GBFYonetmeligi-151409064.pdf

Draft KKDIK Regulation in Turkish

https://kimyasallar.csb.gov.tr/uploads/file/KKD%C4%B0K-Taslak%20y%C3%B6netmelik.rar