On May 22, 2024, Telematic and CIRS will jointly host a webinar to introduce the regulatory divergence between Europe and Great Britain. The webinar is lasting about 90 minutes. There is also a Question & Answer session to allow you to raise any concerns you may have.

Are you new to the chemical industry or do you need a refresher on the existing regulatory requirements in the EU? Throughout the second Quarter of 2024, Lucy Wang from CIRS USA and Lynn He from C&K testing will present a series of webinars on REACH regulations about chemical registration, UK REACH, CLP regulation, article notification, SVHC testing and EU PFAS requirements.

On May 8, 2024, authorized by the European Commission, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) expanded its REACH XV restriction proposal to include at least 12 Chromium (VI) compounds, supplementing the initial measures for Chromium trioxide and Chromic acid introduced in September 2023.

Taiwan's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ministry of Labor (OSHA) has revised the GHS classification standards CNS 15030 based on the 8th version of GHS, involving 22 documents covering chemical classification and labeling-General Principles. If relevant enterprises have any opinions, they should submit them no later than June 16.

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Recently, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan released reporting guidelines regarding the manufacturing/import quantity for general chemicals, priority assessment chemicals, and monitoring chemicals. It aims to enhance the management of chemicals that pose potential environmental risks. The guidelines require companies that manufacture or import general chemicals, priority assessment chemicals of 1 ton or more, or monitoring chemicals of 1 kilogram or more during the fiscal year 2023 (April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024), to submit a detailed report to the METI.

CIRS is delighted to announce that we will be attending the CHEMUK, which is the UK’s largest trade show for the Chemical, Laboratory, and Process Industries. We are also very pleased to announce that two of our European team will also be speaking at the event. Bryan Zhou, deputy general manager of CIRS Europe will deliver a presentation on the Latest Updates from China’s Chemical Regulations at Stage 1 on Wednesday, May 15, 10:00-10:15; and Xiang Li, business manager of CIRS Europe will speak on topic of Latest Updates to GHS Regulations in Asian Pacific Countries at Stage 1 on Thursday, May 16, 13:30-13:45.

South Korea issued Notice No. 2024-213, announcing a proposal to revise the Designation of Consumer Chemical Products Subject to Safety Verification, and Safety and Labeling Standards Thereof and is requesting public comments.

Canada declared modifications to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act (HMIRA).

MOE proposes designating NPE as Class II Specified Chemical Substances to strengthen control over its production, import, and use.