Currently, on this page, we have not been providing information under the period of obtaining public comments (except for the addition of Poisonous and Deleterious). Besides, updates on emerging regulations for the Environment, etc. are not provided. Such information will be provided upon requests.

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"Request for providing hazard information on Candidate Substances applicable to Default Class" was made public.

Notice which partially amends the "Substances designated by the Minister of the Environment based on the judgment of International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee" was promulgated.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Ordinance Which Specifies Substances Obstruct Fire Fighting Activities, etc. was promulgated.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Ordinance on the Safety of Containers was promulgated.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Hygiene, etc. was promulgated.

Notice which partially amend the Guideline Concerning the Promotion of Display or Notification, etc. of Hazardous Properties, etc. of Chemical Substances, etc. was promulgated.

Priority Assessment Chemical Substances were added.

- Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the "Enforcement Ordinance of the Law" was promulgated.

- Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the "Ordinance on the Provision of Information about Designated Chemical Substances, etc." was promulgated.

- Notice which partially amends the list of Substances for which Notification Is Not Required was promulgated.

- Priority Assessment Chemical Substances were partially repealed.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

High mutagens were added to the list.

"Cabinet Order which partially amends the Enforcement Order of the Law" was promulgated.(related to Designated Substance Lists)

Followings were promulgated (related to refrigerants such as Helium):

- Cabinet Order which partially amends the Enforcement Order of the Law

- Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Ordinance on the Refrigeration Safety and Ordinance on the Safety of High Pressure Gas

- Notice which partially amends the Notice that sets down the details of technical standards concerning the position, structure and equipment and manufacturing methods, etc. of manufacturing facility

"Request for providing hazard information on Candidate Substances applicable to Default Class" was made public.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the "Ministerial Ordinance on the Technical Standards of Fire Extinguisher, etc. for which PFOS or Salts Thereof is used" was promulgated.

Notice which partially amends the "Labeling Elements to be Displayed with respect to the Measures, etc., of Preventing Environmental Pollution attributable to Products for which PFOS or the Salts Thereof is used" was promulgated.

"Notice which specifies the explosive devices not subject to the Explosives Control Law" was partially amended.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Ordinance on the Safety of Containers, etc., and the relevant notice were promulgated.

Specified Class I Chemical Substance was added.

Notice which partially amends the "Substances designated by the Minister of the Environment based on the judgment of International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee" was promulgated.

Priority Assessment Chemical Substances were added.

- Notice which partially amends the list of Substances for which Notification Is Not Required was promulgated.

- Priority Assessment Chemical Substances were partially repealed.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

High mutagens were added to the list.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

"Cabinet Order which partially amends the Enforcement Order of the Law" and "Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Hygiene" were promulgated. (One substance shall be added to Appended Table 9 of the Enforcement Order and to Appended Table 2 of the Ministerial Ordinance.)

Notice which partially amends the "Substances designated by the Minister of the Environment based on the judgment of International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee" was promulgated.

"Candidate Substances applicable to Default Class, and plans after publication" was made public.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

Cabinet Order which partially amends the Enforcement Order of the Law was promulgated. (related to Item 3, 4, Article 3 of the Law)

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

Notice which partially amends the "Substances designated by the Minister of the Environment based on the judgment of International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee" was promulgated.

Ministerial Ordinance related to the addition of a Fire Fighting Activity Inhibitor was promulgated.

"Notice which specifies the explosive devices not subject to the Explosives Control Law" was partially amended.

"Concerning the partial amendment of the 'Standards and Criteria for Food and Food Additives, etc.'" was promulgated.

(Introduction of Positive List System for Utensils, Container and Packaging of Foods: Be enforced on Jun.1, 2020)

Industrial Safety and Health Law, etc.

Following Cabinet Order, Ministerial Ordinance, etc. were promulgated.

- Cabinet Order which partially amends the Enforcement Order of the ISHL.

- Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Ordinance on the Prevention of the Hazard due to Specified Chemical Substances and the Enforcement Ordinance of the Working Environment Measurement Law.

- Notice which partially amends the Work Environment Assessment Standards, etc.

"Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the 'Regulations Concerning the Control of Dangerous Materials' and the 'Ministerial Ordinance Concerning the Test and Nature of Dangerous Materials'" was promulgated.

Priority Assessment Chemical Substances were added.

- Notice which partially amends the list of Substances for which Notification Is Not Required was promulgated.

- Priority Assessment Chemical Substances were deleted.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

Chemical substances set down by the Minister of MHLW based on the provision of Paragraph 3, Article 28 of the law was partially amended. Others.

High mutagens were added to the list.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

"Notice which specifies the explosive devices not subject to the Explosives Control Law" was partially amended.

2019 1st-round "Notice concerning the application for preparation exclusion, etc." was made public.

"Prohibition or restriction of passages of vehicles loaded with dangerous goods through tunnels similar to underwater tunnel (Kanto Regional Development Bureau)" was made public.

High mutagens were added to the list.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Ordinance on the Safety of Containers, etc., and Notice which partially amends the Notice that Sets Down the Details of Marking etc. based on the Ordinance on the Safety of Containers and Notice which partially amends the Notice that Sets Down the Detailed Specifications of Containers, etc. based on the Ordinance on the Safety of Containers Relating to the International Reciprocal Recognition were promulgated.

"Regarding the Certificate of Use to be attached in an application in Special Examination Systems prescribed under the CSCL (announcement )" was made public.

Notices partially amend the "Verification methods for metals, etc. contained in industrial wastes," etc. were made public.

- Notice that partially amends the "Oil Mixtures, as hazardous substances, designated by the Minister of the Environment" was promulgated.

- Notice that partially amends the "Substances designated by the Minister of the Environment based on the judgment of International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee" was promulgated.

- "Guidance for business operators concerning the preparation of structural formula file for small volume new chemical substance" was updated.

- "Attachment of a document stating referential information (structure, formulation) in the process of quantity notification of General Chemical Substance, etc. in 2020" was made public.

- "Candidate Substances applicable to Default Class, and plans after publication" was made public.

- "Regarding the notification of an identical chemical substance" was updated

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

"Concerning the amendment of the 'Points of concern related to the implementation of partially amended law, etc. (In connection with the improvement of regulations for labeling and document delivery on chemical substances, etc.)'" was made public.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

High mutagens were added/excluded to/from the list.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Enforcement Ordinance of the Law was promulgated. (Addition of Narcotic or Psychotropic Raw Material)

Others: Amendment of Designation Order, the Enforcement Order of the Law.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

Leaflet: "Revised the List of Occupational Diseases." was made public. (Please confirm it at Web)

"Prohibition or restriction of passages of vehicles loaded with dangerous goods through tunnels similar to underwater tunnel (Kanto Regional Development Bureau)" was made public.

"Concerning the thorough prevention measures of the health hazards caused by specified organic dusts" was made public.

-- Contents: Direction to prevent respiratory disorder caused by the inhalation of powder polymer--

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Enforcement Ordinance of the Law was promulgated. (Bladder cancer from the work exposed by ortho-Toluidine shall be designated as Occupational Disease (or Illnesses in the Course of Employment ))

Cabinet Order which partially amends the Enforcement Order of the Law was promulgated. (Work manufacturing or handling ortho-Toluidine shall be designated as Work for which Personal Health Record must be Issued), others

Priority Assessment Chemical Substances were added.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Enforcement Ordinance of the Law was promulgated. (related to Paragraph 3, Item 2 of the Law)

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

"Concerning the handling of Indium compounds and Cobalt and its inorganic compounds" was made public.

"Results of assessment conducted by Research Committee on Poisonous Deleterious at the third-round meeting in 2018, and application for preparation exclusion, etc." was made public.

High mutagens were added to the list.

Notice which partially amends the "Notice that lays down Transportation Standards etc. of Explosives etc. by aircrafts" was promulgated.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Ordinance on the Safety of Containers, etc. and Notice which partially amends the Notice that Sets Down the Detailed Specifications of Containers etc. based on the Ordinance on the Safety of Containers Relating to the International Reciprocal Recognition were promulgated.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

"Results of assessment conducted by Research Committee on Poisonous Deleterious at the second-round meeting in 2018, and application for preparation exclusion, etc." was made public.

Ordinance titled "Ordinance which repeals the Ordinance which Specifies Technical Standards pertaining to Manufacturing Facility of PFOS or the Salts Thereof" was promulgated.

Notice that partially amends the "Substances designated by the Minister of the Environment based on the judgment of International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee" was promulgated.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

"Concerning the Implementation of the Law" (2019 Apr.1~ to be implemented), "Chemical Substance Use Classification" were made public.

Aug.21, 2018

JIS(JIS K 6400-9) related to the Evaluation Method of Antibacterial Effectiveness for Flexible Cellular Polymeric Materials e.g. Sponge was established.

Aug.10, 2018

Following notices were made public.

- Points to consider about the prevention of loss or theft of poisonous and deleterious substances.

- Application for the assessment of designation and exclusion of poisonous or deleterious substance.

- Results of assessment at the first-round meeting in 2018 by Research Committee on Poisonous Deleterious, and application for preparation exclusion, etc.

- Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the "Ministerial Ordinance concerning the Notification of New Chemical Substance" was promulgated. Others

- List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

- "Guidance for business operators concerning the preparation of structural formula file for small volume new chemical substance" was made public.

"Regarding the Certificate of Use to be attached in an application in Special Examination Systems prescribed under the CSCL (announcement )" was made public.

Law which partially amends the Law was promulgated.

"Concerning the collection of reports required of a person who manufactured, exported or imported substances listed under Montreal Protocol Annex F (Hydrofluorocarbons) through 2011-2013" was made public.

- Cabinet Order which partially amends the Designation Order of Poisonous and Deleterious Substances was made public.

- Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the Enforcement Ordinance of the Law was made public.

List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

Food Sanitation Law

Revised version of the "Test methods and Judgment standards for the Judgment of new chemical substances and the Judgment, etc. concerning the applicability of Monitored Chemical Substance" was made public.

Cabinet Order which partially amends the Enforcement Order of the Law and Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the "Ordinance on Prevention of Health Impairment due to Asbestos" etc. were promulgated.

"Insecticide Guideline 2018" was made public.

Revised version of the "Guideline for efficacy testing of insecticides" was made public.

Judgment standard of Specified New Chemical Substances (Paragraph 4, Article 4 of the Law)

Partial amendment of the "Handling of test results which serve as reference information of the judgment at the time of new chemical substances evaluation, etc."

Revised version of the "Implementation Notice of the Notification of Hazardous Information "

Revised version of the "Implementation Notice of the Law"

Name of a new chemical substance for which no hazard property has been confirmed was made public.

Notices about the designation or the cancellation of the designation of Monitored Chemical Substances, and Notice about the designation of Priority Assessment Chemical Substances were made public.

"Concerning the Test Methods of New Chemical Substance, etc." was partially amended.

Following Ministerial Ordinances or Notices were promulgated.

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the "Ministerial Ordinance on the Technical Standards of Fire Extinguisher, etc. for which PFOS or Salts Thereof is used"

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the "Ministerial Ordinance which Publishes the Name of New Chemical Substances"

Ministerial Ordinance which abolishes the "Ministerial Ordinance on the Technical Standards of Products (PFOS related Products) prescribed under Item 1 to Item 3, Article 9 of the Enforcement Order of the Law"

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the "Ministerial Ordinance which Specifies Test Items"

Notice which partially amend the "Substances for which Notification Is Not Required"

Notice which partially amends the "Labeling Elements to be Displayed with respect to Measures, etc., for Preventing the Environmental Pollution attributable to Products for which PFOS or the Salts Thereof is used"

Notice which partially amends the "Published Technical Guideline concerning the Measures for Preventing the Environmental Pollution of the Materials for which Class II Specified Chemical Substances are used and Label Elements to be Displayed with respect to Measures, etc. for Preventing the Environmental Pollution attributable to the said substances"

Notice which repeals the designation of Priority Assessment Chemical Substances

Notice which partially amend the "Test specified by Ministers based on the Ministerial Ordinance which Specifies Test Items"

Prohibition or restriction of passages of vehicles loaded with dangerous goods through tunnels similar to underwater tunnel" was made public. (Publication of a new underwater tunnel, banned substances, restricted substances and restriction requisites, etc.)

- List of newly notified chemical substances was made public.

Revised version of the "Concerning "Available Information on Compositions and Properties of Chemical Substances"" was made public.

Following documents are made public.

- Revised version of the "Handling the chemical substances containing Class I Specified Chemical Substance as by-products (Notice)"

- Revised version of the "Q&A concerning the amendment of the "Implementation of the CSCL""

- Disestablishment of the Prior Confirmation System in the customs clearance processes for the importation of Class I Specified Chemical Substance"

Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends the "Ordinance concerning the notification of hazard information" was promulgated.

Notice pertaining to the partial revision of the "Standard of Polymer of Low Concern" was promulgated.

1. Cabinet Order which partially amends the Enforcement Order of the Law was promulgated. (Addition of Class I Specified Chemical Substance, etc.)

2. Material used for the explanatory meetings about the outline of the amended Law was made public.

Regarding the wastes prohibited from discharging from ships, among those produced by the normal activities of ships, wastes classified into four hazard classes in GHS classification, such as carcinogens, shall be newly added.

Besides, obligation to submit relevant dossier to captain shall be imposed to consignors. (related to Item 3, Paragraph 2, Article 10 of the Law)