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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a substance used primarily as a fluoropolymer processing aid and surfactant. Its salts are also widely used as coating agents and materials for semiconductor manufacturing. It …
Vietnam
On June 8, 2021, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam issued the Decision No.1500/QD-BKHCN on the promulgation of National Standard TCVN 13334:2021. This standard, which the Department of …
Thailand
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) published two notifications regarding PSM, process safety management, in the Royal Gazette on 12 July 2021 by virtue of the Industrial Estate Authority …
Vietnam
On June 30, 2021, the Vietnam Chemicals Agency (Vinachemia) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade held a conference on the achievements of the Law on Chemicals to date, jointly …
Vietnam
On June 16, 2021, the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) released a draft decree that stipulates implementation rules for the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (72/2020/QH14) (hereinafter …
Vietnam
NOTE: On Oct. 18, 2022, Vietnamese government issued a governmental decree (Decree No. 82/2022/ND-CP) that partially revises Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP. See more details in the following: Vietnam revises detailed regulations …
China
On May 24,2021, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China gave an answer to the question related to the storage methods of VOC containing materials in coating industry on …
China
China’s Ministry of Emergency Management on May 26 published a draft circular on stricter safety control of ammonium nitrate to solicit comments. Public comments will be accepted until June 27, …
Japan
In 1973, the Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (hereinafter “the Act” or “CSCA”) was established in Japan to prevent damages to human health caused …
Japan
Malaysia
The draft of “Guidelines on Monitoring of Airborne Chemical Hazardous to Health, 202X” were released in Malaysia on March 15, 2021. The draft guidelines provide methods for monitoring and analyzing …
Vietnam
The most important point of the future chemical management system in Vietnam is the development of an inventory for existing chemical substances and the regulations for new chemical substances, but …
Vietnam
On April 12, 2021, the Vietnam Chemicals Agency (Vinachemia) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) issued a notice regarding a questionnaire survey on implementation of Law on Chemicals …
Singapore
On May 19, 2021, the Singapore Standard, Code of Practice for Handling, Storage and Processing of Combustible Dust (SS 667:2020) was published. This standard specifies comprehensive procedures on the handling, …
*Taiwan
On April 19, 2021, Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor issued a notice regarding the partial revision of the “Hazard Prevention Standards for Specific Chemical Substances”. In order to protect workers, the …
Malaysia
In January 2021, “Checklist for conducting self-assessment against ‘Occupational Safety and Health (Use and Standards of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health) Regulations 2000’” was released in Malaysia. This checklist …
Indonesia
Currently Indonesia regulates chemical substances based on their hazards, rather than their risks. The country designates hazardous and toxic substances to be regulated as “B3,” which is an abbreviation in …
Japan
On February 15, 2021, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) held a meeting of the Risk Assessment Working Group of the Study Group on the Management of Chemical …
Philippines
Regulation of chemicals and hazardous and nuclear wastes in the Philippines started in 1990 with the passage of Republic Act 6969 (RA 6969), or the Toxic Substances and Hazardous and …
Japan
On January 18, 2021, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) released the interim report in the title. The following section focuses on the contents that are likely to …
Thailand
Ministry of Industry of Thailand announced “Notification of Ministry of Industry B.E. 2563 (2020): Declaration of the hazardous substances under the authorization of Department of Industrial Works by producer, importer, …
Laos
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Lao PDR published the “Decision on the chemical storage No. 0072 / MOIC.DOIC” in the Gazette on 11 February 2021. The Decision sets out …
China
The Emergency Management Bureau of Nanjing City, China in January 2021 prosecuted a Nanjing-based rubber manufacturer for illegally storing hazardous chemicals and imposed a fine of 3,450,000 yuan (approximately 56 …
*Taiwan
On July 30, 2013, the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs Standards Inspection Bureau released CNS 15663 “Guidance to reduction of the restricted chemical substances in electrical and electronic equipment”, which …
Laos
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao PDR established “Decision on the On the Management and Monitoring, Treatment, Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Transformer No. 5925/MONRE” on …
Indonesia
The Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry No. 29 of 2020 on the management of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (hereinafter referred to as the regulation) was enacted in Indonesia on …
Sri Lanka
On December 24, 2020, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Environment has released a draft National Policy on Chemicals Management. The draft policy addresses the life cycle management of chemicals, covering toxic …
Thailand
Using of chemicals usually results in public health risk. As nations continuously developed, it is unavoidable to observe increasing in the volume of chemicals usage. For Thailand, the problem of …
Vietnam
On November 17, 2020, the National Assembly of Vietnam enacted the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (72/2020/QH14). Article 69 of the law stipulates requirements for environmental protection in the management …
Vietnam
On 14 January 2021, Vinachemia, a Vietnamese chemical agency under Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) held a meeting to report its regulatory performance in 2020 and the targets and …
Vietnam
Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade on December 21, 2020 released the Circular No. 48/2020/TT-BCT on Promulgating the National Technical Regulation QCVN 05A:2020/BCT on the Manufacturing, Trade, Use, Storage, and …
China
China’s Ministry of Emergency Management posted several cases of industrial accidents that occurred in chemical industry and hazardous chemical production enterprises on its website on December 9, 2020. There were …
*Taiwan
Toxics Regulation There are two main pillars of chemical management in Taiwan: environmental regulations and occupational health and safety regulations. The former related law is Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances …
Japan
On December 4, 2020, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) of Japan announced that they started to solicit public comments on the draft cabinet order to amend the Enforcement of …
China
On October 26, 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China released an announcement on matters related to the transition of registration of environmental management …
China
On October 13, 2020, Ministry of Emergency Management of the Peoples’ Republic of China published “Measures on Hazardous Chemical Enterprises’ Responsibility System for the Safety of Major Hazard Sources (Trial)” …
China
On September 29, 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China released three draft for comments of technical guidelines, and began to collect opinions. …
China
The latest trends in tightening regulations on VOC content in products such as paints and inks in China. 1. Recently promulgated 7 new VOC national standards and their background …
China
On October 2, 2020, Ministry of Emergency Management of China released the “Hazardous Chemicals Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China” (Draft for Comments) and opened a call for …
China
The management of new chemical substances in China Background In China, new chemical substances are managed in a system where “companies apply and register chemical substances for themselves”, based on …
China
The Countermeasure Strategy against VOCs Background In China, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are defined as organic chemicals that have a vapor pressure of 0.01 kPa or more at room …
China
Chemical Substances Regulation and Management (This page) The Countermeasure Strategy against VOCs Regulations on VOC content in products such as paints and inks RoHS2 New chemical substances 1. Management …
Thailand
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand has been working on drafting “Chemicals Act B.E.XXXX”. Currently, chemical management is regulated by Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535 (1992). …
Thailand
On 9 July 2020, Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry, Thailand announced “Notification of the Department of Industrial Works: Existing Chemicals Inventory in Thailand No. 1 B.E. 2563 …
Malaysia
Public comments for “Occupational Safety and Health (Use and Standard of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health) 202X” (hereinafter referred to as this draft) were collected from September to October …
China
On August 4, 2020, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China, released the Third List of the Companies in Key Industries That Should Thoroughly …
Thailand
On 1 September 2020, the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) announced “Regulations of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand: Governing Rules, Procedures and Conditions …
Vietnam
On September 17, 2020, at the Movenpick Hanoi Hotel, the Vietnam Chemical Agency (Vinachemia) of Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) and the U.S. Export Control and Related Border …
Vietnam
The Law on Chemicals (hereinafter “the Law” or “the Law on Chemicals”) was promulgated on November 21, 2007 and was enacted on July 1, 2008. It is a law that …
Vietnam
Chemicals in Vietnam (This page) Law on Chemicals and implementing rules thereof Today Vietnamese chemical industry continues to grow with the flourish of the country’s manufacturing industry because manufacturing processes …
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