In 2020-2021, many countries are continuously updating their laws and regulations. More new laws and regulations are expected to be issued in the future which may affect many enterprises in every aspect, including the implementation of EU-REACH evaluation, Brexit, nanomaterials regulations,

In 2020-2021, many countries are continuously updating their laws and regulations. More new laws and regulations are expected to be issued in the future which may affect many enterprises in every aspect, including the implementation of EU-REACH evaluation, Brexit, nanomaterials regulations, etc.

1. The implementation of CLP article 45

The Poison Centres Notification (PCN) is an obligation based on Article 45 and Annex VIII of the "EU Regulation on Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures" (CLP Regulation). After a specific deadline, enterprises must submit unified format notification files. Only after successful notification can products be put into the EU market.

Importers and downstream users placing hazardous mixtures on the EU market have direct

responsibility to submit Poison centre notifications (PCN). Distributors who distribute hazardous mixtures only in the same MS as the supplier do not need to submit notifications. Non-EU suppliers cannot replace responsible holders in EU.

2. UK-REACH ( Brexit )

UK is expected to adopt its own chemicals regulation (UK REACH) from January 1, 2021. Before December 31, 2020, enterprises can still comply with the existing EU regulations. As the transition period ends on December 31, 2020, the UK and the EU will continue to negotiate and reach a new agreement, and relevant guidance documents are also expected to be updated continuously.

3. The revised K-REACH Regulation

The Korean K-REACH amendment was officially implemented on January 1, 2019. The revisedregulation requires that new chemicals should be registered or notified before production or import; existing chemicals (non-PEC substances) need to be registered when the production orimport volume exceeds 1 t/y. The registration of 510 substances in the original PEC list will not beaffected. It is still necessary to complete the registration before they can be legally produced or imported in South Korea.

4. The Turkish KKDIK Regulation

The KKDIK regulation came into force on December 23, 2017. "KKDIK" are the first letters of REACH written in Turkish. Like EU REACH regulation, the KKDIK regulation requires companies to register all substances manufactured in Turkey or imported into Turkey with volume above 1t/y before a given deadline.

In addition, KKDIK regulation is also a less global regulation requiring pre-registration. All manufacturers or importers with tonnage exceeding 1 ton/year are required to complete pre-registration by December 31, 2020. Non-Turkish manufacturers can entrust the only representative (OR) to complete the pre-registration.

After completing the pre-registration, enterprises will have a three-year grace period to complete the formal KKDIK registration. The registered tonnage is divided into four tonnages: 1-10 tonnage/year, 10-100 tonnage/year, 100-1000 tonnage/year and 1000+tonnage/year. Data requirements and risk assessment are similar to EU REACH, but the difference is that the registration deadline for all tonnages is December 31, 2023.

Violetech measures on global chemical regulations

In 2020, the continuous hard work of our dedicated team of chemists has finally paid off, as the entirety of Violetech’s and a majority of GGINK’s pigment product range were fully REACH registered, as per ECHA regulation. We have also completed the KKDIK pre-registration for our PV23 product range. Looking forward, we will continue to step up efforts to better serve our customers worldwide, by completing the KKDIK registration, and by starting the UK-REACH & K-REACH registration process.