CANADA HAS PUBLISHED – PRODUCTS CONTAINING MERCURY REGULATIONS

The Canadian minister of the environment has published SOR/2014-254 products containing mercury regulations under the Canadian environmental protection act recently. SOR/2014-254 is aimed at reducing the risks posed by mercury release into the environment by prohibiting the manufacture and import ofproducts containing mercury or any of its compounds. The effective date of this regulation is the 8th

REACH IS THE FOCUS OF NEW ENFORCEMENT PROJECT

ECHA/PR/14/17  Helsinki, 10 November 2014 – At their recent plenary meeting, the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement decided that its next major project will focus on enforcing REACH Annex XVII restrictions. The scope and individual restrictions to be covered will be confirmed in early 2015. Inspections will then take place during 2016. The