Türkiye’s Authorities Shed Light on New KKDIK Registration Deadlines

16 November 2023

On 14 November, Türkiye’s Ministry of Urbanisation and Climate Change (MoEUCC) submitted a draft regulation on the planned extension of the registration deadlines offering further prolongations as initially expected:

Substances

           Deadlines
  • 1000 t/a and above
  • between 100-1000 t/a and classified as aquatic acute 1/ aquatic chronic 1
  • 1-10 t/a, 10-100 t/a, 100-1000 t/a and classified as CMR category 1A/1B
   31 December 2026
  •  between 100 - 1000 t/a
   31 December 2028
  • 1 - 10 t/a, 10 - 100 t/a
   31 December 2030

The new registration schedule still needs to be confirmed by the official revision in the next weeks.

Japan CSCL: 2024 notification schedule for new small and low volume chemicals available

7 November 2023

In October, Japan’s authorities published the 2024 notification schedule for new chemical substances intended for annual manufacture or import in small (≤ 1 t p.a.) and low (≤10 t p.a.) volumes. Substances cannot be manufactured or imported unless officially approved. Applications need to be submitted online via the e-Gov website or by post as paper documents or optical discs to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Approvals can be expected approximately one month after the submission deadlines.

Türkiye Announces Plans to Extend KKDIK Registration Deadlines

6 November 2023

On 19 October 2023, Türkiye’s Ministry of Urbanisation and Climate Change (MoEUCC) confirmed its preliminary plan to replace the single end-December 2023 registration deadline by staggered deadlines according to tonnage and/or classification, giving registrants at a minimum 2 more years for substance registration. This came in response to a series of recent discussions with the industry stakeholders who have been facing serious difficulties in meeting the new requirements within the initially set deadline of end December 2023. The new registration schedule – if confirmed by the official revision in the next weeks – could be as follows:

Substances

          
Deadlines
  • 1000 t/a and above
  • between 100-1000 t/a and classified as aquatic acute 1/ aquatic chronic 1
  • 1-10 t/a, 10-100 t/a, 100-1000 t/a and classified as CMR category 1A/1B
   31 December 2025
  •  between 100 - 1000 t/a
   31 December 2026
  • 1 - 10 t/a, 10 - 100 t/a
   31 December 2027

SCCS Guidance on the Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials in Cosmetics (2nd Revision) Published

7  August 2023

On 6th June 2023, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) adopted its second revision of the “Guidance on the safety assessment of nanomaterials in cosmetics”. This document helps risk assessors in preparing safety assessments and dossiers for nanomaterials (NMs) used in cosmetics.

The updated Guidance is structured in separate sections covering Requirements for Safety Assessment (2.1), Physicochemical Characterisation (3), Exposure Assessment (4), Hazard Identification and Dose-Response Characterisation (5), and Risk Assessment (6) of NMs. A summary and conclusions of the main aspects discussed are provided in Section (7).