The Japan Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) has imposed strict pre-marketing evaluation of chemical substances to prevent environmental pollution and control chemical risks to human health, plants and animals. The Law is intended to manage risks of industrial chemicals both manufactured in Japan and imported from abroad, giving the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Environment (MOE) and Ministry of Economy and Trade and Industry (METI) a broad regulatory authority.

Here below is a summarized illustration of key development of Japan Chemical Regulations in 2015.

Enacted on 16 April, 1974, the Japan CSCL was the world’s first to regulate chemicals and control risks. It has been amended 3 times in 1986, 2003 and 2009. The latest revised edition was issued on 20 May, 2009 and entered into implementation for two phases from 1 April, 2010 and 1 April, 2011 respectively. The Japan chemical regulatory system is very mature, imposing strict requirements to manufacturers and importers there. REACH24H Consulting group reminds that companies pay attention to the upcoming period from 20 January to 29 January, 2016 for compliance with annual notification obligations.

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2015 Global Regulatory Highlights – Taiwan Chemical Regulations

The year of 2015 saw a series of major regulatory changes, bringing both challenges and opportunities to the chemical industry. To tease out the key updates in Asia Pacific’s regulatory regime throughout the past year, ChemLinked has dedicated to prepare you an annual report “2015 Chemical Regulatory Review of the Asia Pacific Region”.