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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)