On March 30, 2026, the European Parliament and the Council jointly adopted a draft EU directive proposing amendments to three key water policy directives.

Vietnam issued Circular No. 05/2026/TT-BYT.

On March 30, 2026, the European Commission released the guidance document and accompanying Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the PPWR.

On March 30, 2026, the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) published the government response to the consultation on the UK REACH Alternative Transitional Registration Model (ATRm), announcing the cancellation of the originally planned requirement for companies to submit additional use and exposure information.

On March 27, 2026, South Korea's National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS) issued Notice No. 2026-5, revising the Designation of Acute Human Hazardous Substances, Chronic Human Hazardous Substances, and Ecological Hazardous Substances under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and its Enforcement Decree. The previous revision was completed on 7 August 2025.

On March 19, 2026, the Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate published Bill S.4153 - the Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026.

Three committees of the European Parliament voted in favor of a proposal to introduce the concept of Small-Medium Companies (SMCs) and extend the current exemptions applicable to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to SMCs.

On March 26, 2026, the Ministry of Climate and Energy Environment (MCEE) of Korea announced Notice No. 2026-296, partially amending the Existing Chemical Substances. This revision primarily targets substances listed under the Existing Chemical Substances inventory that were notified under generic names due to recognized data protection, where the data protection period has expired. These substances need to be restored to their original chemical names as part of necessary housekeeping.

Here are five compelling reasons why PCN notification can become your "compliance accelerator."

Japan designated multiple chemical substances as Class I Specified Chemical Substances.