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The Chemical Substance Control Law (CSCL)
This law was amended in May 2009 and enter into force in 2010 and 2011. ( Amendment of the CSCL)
Please click each term for details.
| 2010 (Apr.1, May 1, Oct.1) | 2011 (Apr.1) | |||
| Banned chemicals | Class I Specified Chemical Substances | |||
| 1. | Technical Standard set for substances and designated products | |||
| 2. | Labeling requirement | |||
| 3. | Permission for manufacturing (practically banned chemicals) | |||
| 4. | Prior notification requirement for use | |||
| Restricted chemicals | Class II Specified Chemical Substances | |||
| 1. | Technical Guidelines set for substances and designated products | |||
| 2. | Labeling requirement | |||
| 3. | Prior notification and post manufacturing report requirements | |||
| Substance of Concerns | Type I Monitoring Chemical Substances | Monitoring Chemical substances | ||
| Type II Monitoring Chemical Substances | Priority Assessment Chemical Substances (PACS) | |||
| Type III Monitoring chemical Substances | ||||
| 1. | Mandatory report requirement on the above substances of concerns |
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| * Mandatory report requirement on PACS | ||||
| 2. | Hazard communication | |||
| Existing chemicals | Existing chemical substances | General Chemical Substances |
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| 1. | Mandatory report requirement on General Chemical Substances | |||
| New chemicals | Types of Pre-Manufacturing Notifications | |||
| 1. | Low Molecular Weight Chemical Substances (None Polymers) | |||
| 2. | Polymers | |||
| * Definition of a polymer | ||||
| * Flow Diagram for Polymer Flow Scheme | ||||
* Judgment criteria based on the results of Polymer Flow Scheme (Translation of goverment notice) |
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| Exemptions from notification (Prior Approval required) | ||||
| 1. | Small Volume Chemical Substances | |||
| 2. | Law Volume Chemical Substances | |||
| 3. | Intermediates, exporting chemicals, chemicals in closed system | |||
| 4. | Polymer of Low Concern (PLC) | |||
| * PLC Criteria | ||||
| * Test methods and judgement criteria for PLC (Translation of goverment notice) | ||||
| * Flow Diagram for PLC | ||||
| * Procedure for the application of PLC (Translation of goverment notice) | ||||
| Exemptions from notification (Prior Approval NOT required) | ||||
| 1. | R&D chemicals | |||
| 2. | Salts, Hydrates etc. | |||
| 3. | Articles | |||
| 4. | Products packaged in final use for consumers | |||
| 5. | Impurities/By products | |||
| 6. | Polymers meet either 99% rule or 98% rule. | |||
| 7. | Others | |||
| Inventory | This inventory is called as CSCL list, METI inventory, ENCS list, or MITI list. |
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| 1. | The inventory is consisting of the Static part and Dynamic part New chemicals may be added to the Dynamic part |
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| 2. | No confidentiality | |||
| 3. | CAS number assignment project | |||
| Report of hazard information | Types of report | |||
| 1. | Report of publicly unknown hazard information to competent authority (for existing or new information) | |||
| 2. | Report based on the requirement of competent authority to provide hazard information | |||
| 3. | Report based on the order of competent authority to investigate hazard information | |||
Exclusions |
None applicable chemicals under the Chemical Substance Control Law | |||
| 1. | Radio active materials (regulated by other relevant law) | |||
| 2. | Specified Poisonous (ditto) | |||
| 3. | Stimulants and its raw materials (ditto) | |||
| 4. | Others | |||
| Prioritization of hazard chemical substances for risk assessment | 1. | Screening level of evaluation for selecting Priority Assessment Chemical Substances | ||
| 2. | Risk evaluation of Priority Assessment Chemical Substances | |||
| Use classification code | Use classification code table (47 use codes with 280 detail use codes) | |||
| Penalties | ||||
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