Microplastics reporting to ECHA is no longer optional. And the clock is already running!

Microplastics reporting to ECHA is no longer optional. And the clock is already running!

Under EU REACH Annex XVII, Entry 78, companies that manufacture, use or supply synthetic polymer microparticles (SPM) now have to estimate and report their emissions to ECHA...

Chemical Product Registration in the Nordics: Common Obligations Across Norway, Sweden, Denmark & Finland

Chemical Product Registration in the Nordics: Common Obligations Across Norway, Sweden, Denmark & Finland

If your company manufactures, imports, or places chemicals or chemical products on the market in Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Finland , you are subject to national product/chemical...

Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA): What Companies Need to Know Now

Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA): What Companies Need to Know Now

TFA is not a substance most companies have on their radar. It should be. Trifluoroacetic acid is the persistent environmental degradation product of fluorinated refrigerants, solvents, pharmaceuticals...

Amendment: UK REACH Transitional Registration Deadlines Extended

Amendment: UK REACH Transitional Registration Deadlines Extended

The REACH etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 have now been published, confirming that the UK REACH transitional registration deadlines will move to 27 October 2029, 2030...

Bisphenol A and a Wider Group of Bisphenols: Why Early Visibility into Regulatory Developments Matters

Bisphenol A and a Wider Group of Bisphenols: Why Early Visibility into Regulatory Developments Matters

Most companies think bisphenol A is a food packaging problem. It is not. Not anymore. Germany has submitted a REACH restriction dossier to ECHA covering BPA and...

DGFT Expands Support for Export Compliance Costs

DGFT Expands Support for Export Compliance Costs

The Indian Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has updated the TRACE Scheme under the Export Promotion Mission (EPM) - Niryat Disha to make international compliance more...

DPIIT Introduces Transition Facilitation (Quality Control) Order, 2026: What Manufacturers Need to Know

DPIIT Introduces Transition Facilitation (Quality Control) Order, 2026: What Manufacturers Need to Know

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has notified the Transition Facilitation (Quality Control) Order, 2026 vide S.O. 3417(E)...

15 Additional SVHCs Included on the UK REACH Candidate List

15 Additional SVHCs Included on the UK REACH Candidate List

HSE has added 15 substances/groups of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) to the UK REACH Candidate List (15 June 2026), following consultation. New entries include: TBBPA...

EU Microplastics Restriction: 2027 Reporting Deadline and Affected Sectors

EU Microplastics Restriction: 2027 Reporting Deadline and Affected Sectors

Overview From 2027, the reporting scope under the EU restriction on synthetic polymer microparticles (SPM) will extend well beyond the narrower 2026 feedstock‑focused obligation. Under REACH Entry...

7th ESA REACH Workshop – Key Highlights

7th ESA REACH Workshop – Key Highlights

On Tuesday, 2 June 2026, our experts attended the 7th ESA REACH Workshop at ESA ESTEC, the European Space Agency (ESA) Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk,...

Important Update: Ropes and Cordages (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026

Important Update: Ropes and Cordages (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026

The Ministry of Textiles, through S.O. 2871(E) dated 5th June 2026, has notified the Ropes and Cordages (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026, introducing a significant relaxation for:...

Important Regulatory Update: DGFT Amends Foreign Trade Policy Provision on QCO/BIS Applicability for SEZ Imports

Important Regulatory Update: DGFT Amends Foreign Trade Policy Provision on QCO/BIS Applicability for SEZ Imports

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued Notification No. 20/2026-27 dated 2 June 2026, amending Para 2.03(A)(iii) of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 and...

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