Chemicals Monthly Bulletin | October 2023
Europe
New restriction for microplastics
On the 27th September 2023, the European Commission published an amendment to the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) on?intentionally added microplastics restriction.
35 new substances subject to export notification
On the 25th August 2023, the European Commission published the Regulation (EU) 2023/1656 which amends Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 regarding EU’s Prior Informed Consent (PIC).
Recent publications regarding REACH Regulation
The following table provides a non-exhaustive summary of some recent updates regarding REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
Other interesting links about REACH from the ECHA’s website
Interesting links about CLP on the ECHA’s website
France
Additional list of dangerous substances published
On the 14th September 2023, the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion published Order of 30 August 2023 relating to the presence of dangerous substances in products generating waste.
Japan
Japan Regulates 3 POPs Chemicals Under Chemical Substances Control Law
At the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention held on the 5th May , 2023, the member countries collectively agreed to include three new persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to the Annex A list for elimination.
Sustainability, circular economy and environment
Miscellaneous technical publications relating to environmental, plastics, packaging and waste
The following table summarises the most recent publications regarding the environment, circular economy, and sustainability (non-exhaustive).