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CHINA MEP Publishes Draft Guidelines For Risk Assessment And Hazard Identification Under China REACH: The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) recently published draft guidelines concerning the risk assessment of chemicals and hazard identification of new chemical substances. The draft guidelines are intended to provide guidance on the hazard identification methods and categorization of environmental management under China Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of...
ARGENTINA Argentina Issues Regulation Concerning Registration Of Fertilizers: On June 7, 2011, Argentina’s Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria/National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality (SENASA) issued Regulation 359, the “Regulation on the Registration of Fertilizers, Substrates, Conditioners, Protectors and their Raw Materials.” The Regulation was published in the Boletin Oficial de la Republica Argentina on June 10, 2011. Regulation...
BRAZIL Brazil Revised Standard Requires Chemicals Be Classified And Labeled: The May 24, 2011, revised edition of Brazil’s Health and Safety Labor Standard includes provisions requiring that chemicals in the workplace be classified and labeled. The Standard also requires that safety data sheets (SDS) be prepared in accordance with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) provisions in Brazil’s Technical Standard NRB 14725. Technical...
CANADA Canada Announces Updated Draft Screening Assessment Of Substances Of Low Concern: On June 18, 2011, Canada published the updated draft screening assessment of substances of low concern using the rapid screening approach in the Canada Gazette. After evaluating 1,047 substances of low concern using the rapid screening approach, Canada proposes that, based on available information, 545 of the substances do not meet the criteria set out under Section 64 of the Canadian Environmental...
ARGENTINA Argentina’s Senate Passes WEEE/RoHS Law: Argentina’s Senate passed on May 4, 2011, the draft Law on Minimum Standards for Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (934/2010), which includes restrictions similar to those in the European Union (EU) Restrictions of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive. The bill’s scope closely follows the ten broad product categories listed in Annex 1A of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive...
CHINA China Issues Fines For Non-Compliance With Requirements For Notification Of New Substances: China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) announced on February 9, 2011, that it fined six companies belonging to a U.S.-based corporation Yuan 30,000 (€3,300) for allegedly failing to provide ecotoxicological test reports by an MEP-approved laboratory. Beginning in October 2010, companies wishing to manufacture or import a new substance in China must comply with a new...