On November 19th, 2020, the National Standardization Administration issued Announcement No. 26 of 2020, in which the "Chinese version of REACH restricted substances"-GB/T 39498-2020 "Guidelines for the Control of the Use of Key Chemical Substances in Consumer Products" is officially released. The standard will be implemented on June 1st, 2021. Application Scope This standard applies to consumer products, including product components, parts, accessories, packaging and instruc...

If you prefer not to receive this information, please click here to unsubscribe: Unsubscribe Me With the new general data protection regulation (GDPR) coming into effect on 25 May 2018. Please see our Privacy Policy.en.cirs-ck.com | Hotline: +86-571-87206587 February 2019REACHThe Candidate List of SVHCs adds 6 New Substances, Updated to 197 16 January 2019 Tags: REACH16 January 2019, ECHA added 10 new substances to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs)...

On 2 January 2019, the OEKO-TEX® Association has, as usual, updated the applicable test criteria and limit values for product certification in accordance with the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®. The following new regulations will come into force on 01 April 2019 for all certifications, following a three-month transition period. In 2019, OEKO-TEX® already complies with the new "REACH Annex XVII CMR Legislation". The substance benzene and four amine salts have been included in the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® and LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX® and limit values have been defined....

If you prefer not to receive this information, please click here to unsubscribe: Unsubscribe Me en.cirs-ck.com | Hotline: +86-571-87206587 January 2018 REACH The Candidate List of SVHCs Add 7 Substance, Update to 181 Helsinki 15 January 2018-ECHA adds seven new substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the Candidate List and updates the entry for bisphenol A (BPA). Up to now, the SVHC list is updated to 181 items. 20 December 2017, ECHA had informed in advance that the materi...

2 January 2018, OEKO-TEX updated the applicable test criteria and limit values for product certification. The new regulations come into effect on 1 April 2018 for all certifications, following a three-month transition period. In accordance with LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX, bisphenol A and aniline add to “Other chemical residues”, and the limit value for all product classes is also updated....

On July 27, 2017, the Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1392 was released by Official Journal of the European Union, which amended the EU Ecolabel for textile products (Decision 2014/350/EU). Decision 2014/350/EU involves a large proportion of EU Ecolabel for textile products(Decision 2014/350/EU) ,but not limit to heavy metals....

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China REACH includes chemical restrictions not regulated under Chinese standards but set forth in foreign standards such as EU REACH Regulation and Oeko-Tex....

EU restricts 22 azodyes in leather and textiles under the EU REACH Annex XVII entry 43 and four testing methods are designated....

In February 2017, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released ISO17075-1:2017 and ISO17075-2:2017 to update the test standard ISO 17075, superseding the previous standard ISO 17075:2007....

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OEKO-TEX® is pleased to announce that it is joining the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Program. OEKO-TEX® has long supported the vision of globally implementing sustainable/green chemistry and best practices in the textile, apparel, and footwear industries in order to protect consumers, workers, and the environment. OEKOTEX ® looks forward to collaboration with other leading brands and contributors that are also members of the ZDHC Program. Collecti...

On 4 January 2017, the OEKO-TEX® Association has, as usual, updated the applicable test criteria and limit values for product certification in accordance with the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®. The following new regulations come into force on 01 April 2017 for all certifications, following a three-month transition period. Requirements and references that relate to leather materials and leather products are taken from the 2017 edition of the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®...

From 2017 onwards, producers and suppliers of leather goods can also have their products certified to be tested for harmful substances by the International OEKO-TEX® Association. The basis for the certification is the new LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX®, which was launched during the annual meeting of the General Managers of the OEKO-TEX® institutes in Ostend, Belgium at the start of November. Formed in 1992 and celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2017, the OEKO-TE...

On 17 November 2016, the European Commission has submitted notifications G/TBT/N/EU/423, G/TBT/N/EU/424 and G/TBT/N/EU/425 aiming to renew or revise the three existing exemptions under RoHS Annex III. Oeko-Institute was entrusted by the European Commission to hold a stakeholder period for the three exemptions during April to June 2015 and it published a final report containing the assessment of the application in Feb. 2016. In the notifications, it will renew the exemption d...

On 30 September 2016, South Korea's environment ministry has published a revised list of substances restricted under K-REACH. Nonylphenols and NPEs are used in manufacturing detergents, paints, pesticides, cosmetics and plastics. They are considered endocrine disruptors and bioaccumulative in aquatic environments. The amendment is summarised as below: SUBSTANCE RESTRICTION 1.nonylphenols(NP), CAS NO: 25154-52-3, 104-40-5, 84852-15- 3, 139-84-4, 136-83-4,90481-04-2 and 11066-...

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA) has commissioned Oeko-Institut e.V and COWI AS to perform a preliminary review of a possible restriction of a group of substances (Small brominated alkyl alcohols, SBAA) under the RoHS Directive. A six week stakeholder consultation has been launched today to collect further input. The consultation period opens from 23 Sept. 2016 to 4 Nov. 2016. The group of substances is defined as small brominated linear and branched alkyl a...

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Oeko-Institut has submitted a final evaluation report (Pack 8) concerning three lead exemptions, which has been published on CIRCABC. But the European Commission has not adopted any recommendations yet....