OPnEO and NPnEO Authorisations Enter Their First Renewal Cycle: Is a Review Report Always the Right Answer?

OPnEO and NPnEO Authorisations Enter Their First Renewal Cycle: Is a Review Report Always the Right Answer?

The first major renewal cycle for REACH authorisations covering octylphenol ethoxylates (OPnEO) and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPnEO) is now underway. Since their inclusion in Annex XIV, these substances...

Resorcinol: What the New Endocrine Disruptor Classification Means for Companies

Resorcinol: What the New Endocrine Disruptor Classification Means for Companies

Resorcinol is used in thousands of products. Most companies that use it have never assessed it as an endocrine disruptor. That gap just got smaller. At the...

Ukraine proposes amendments to the Law on Chemical Safety (LCS)

Ukraine proposes amendments to the Law on Chemical Safety (LCS)

The Ministry of Economy and Environment of Ukraine has published a draft law proposing amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Chemical Safety and Chemical Products Management"...

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...

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