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According to the amendment of Hazardous Materials Control Order and the related Ministerial Order, Class I Dangerous Materials (one chemical substance) and the Fire Fighting Activity Inhibitors (two chemical substances) were added. Cabinet Order No.XXX　Ministerial Order No.XXX

A notice that partially amends the notice that lays down the criteria etc. for the transportation of dangerous goods by Ship(MLIT Notice No.XXX)was made public.

The reportable chemical substances based on Article 95-6 of the ministerial order of the law was amended. MHLW Notice No. XXX

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry posted a public comment on government website about the establishment of the 'Guideline for handling fast-track export approval for continuing transactions.'

Six cargoes including Acetone regulated under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act are the target cargoes under this new regulation.

Updated Service information page.

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare posted a draft ministerial ordinance which partially amend the Ordinance on the Prevention of the Hazard due to Specified Chemical Substances on government website for public comments.

1.Add Benzotrichloride to the list of regulated substances under Paragraph 3 of Article 36-2 or the Ordinance.

2.Control Concentrations are newly set for benzotrichloride and changed for 6 substances. etc.

New draft standard JIS (XXXXX) has been published.

Added following information to the CSCL page.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry posted a notice concerning the exempted pyrotechnics on government website for public comments.

The production of Ozone Depleting Substance for R&D use etc. was permitted until Dec.31, 2014. News release、Gazette

The 'List of users in foreign countries' was amended.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) set up "Study committee concerning the management of the Nano material." The 1st study committee will be held on Friday, Dec. 2,2011.

Added "Flow diagram for the determination of Class 4 Dangerous Materials (Japanese and English) " to the Fire Service Law page.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) posted a draft cabinet order on government website, which is titled as " A draft cabinet order which partially amends the cabinet order of of the law."(Item number:XXXXXXX)

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) posted a draft on government website, which is titled as " A draft which partially amends the reportable chemical substances based on Article 95-6 of the ministerial order of the law." (Item number:XXXXXXX)

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) posted a draft notice on government website, which is titled as "A draft notice which partially amends the notice laying down the transportation standards etc. of dangerous goods by shipping based on Paragraph 1, Article 28 of the law.” (Item number:XXXXXXX)

MOE announced the result of the third session of the 'Intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury.'

MHLW announced notices "About the thoroughness of the health hazard prevention measures based on the risk evaluation result". (Chemical substance subject to the Reporting Requirement of Exposure Status of Workers Handling Hazardous Chemical Substances in the fiscal year of 2010, such as indium and ethyl benzene, are the listed chemical substances)　Related notice1 _Related notice2_Pamphlet

By the ministerial ordinance amendment, the effluent standard and the cleanup standard concerning the instruction of the cleanup measures of underground water of one substance will change. (from Nov.1 2011) Moreover, the tentative effluent standard of Zinc for three types of business will be postponed. (From Dec.11, 2011)

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency published a public comment on the addition of the Class I Dangerous Materials (one chemical substance) and the Fire Fighting Activity Inhibitors (two chemical substances) etc.

METI announced 'About the implementation of Screening Assessment and Risk Assessment based on the actually manufactured/imported quantities in 2010' _(General Chemical Substances for which Screening Assessment will be conducted in the fiscal year of 2011.

Based on Paragraph 3 of Article 28 of the law, Minister of MHLW designated new substances.

In addition, MHLW also announced the related policy for the prevention of health hazard.(full text) (Notice for dissemination)

Misao Shiba presented the outline of the Japanese chemical regulations at Akihabara Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2011. 3.5 hours presentation obtained high reputation from the audience. It covers almost all important laws and regulations in Japan for general chemical products.

The same presentation and/or copy of the presentation handout are now for you. See details.

The expected audience are executives of chemical companies in charge of chemical management, EHS people including beginners, people engaged in R&D, logistic groups etc.

Chemical Substance Control Law

1. List of Priority Assessment Chemical Substance was published on April 1. English list

2. Revised application procedure for a Polymer of Low Concern was posted on METI website.

3. Revised list of amended ordinances and notices (implemented as of April 1, 2011) is now available.

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Minor changes have been made on the results of classifications for approximately 1,500 chemicals that are conducted by Japanese GHS Inter-ministerial Committee in 2006. List of errata

A notice that designates list of General Chemical Substances that are exempt from reporting requirement of manufactured volume etc. (related to Article 8, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the law) was gazetted on March 22. Substance List 1/2, Substance List 2/2

For your reference, following provisional English translations are available on METI website.

1. Text of the CSCL which will come into effect as of April 1, 2011.

2. Implementation notice of the CSCL.

3. Guidance for the report (notification) of GCS and PACS manufactured/imported volumes etc.

4. Use categories under the amended the CSCL.

5. Government's presentation document about the amended CSCL.

MHLW alerted industries to completely comply with ban on the importation of products containing asbestos. They require to obtain certificates, analysis results and the likes for the importation of "Alternative asbestos-free products" etc. Go to Web.

Following terms were amended under the Cabinet order and the Ministerial orders.

1) Substances being subject to Labeling, 2) Specified Class 2 Chemical Substances, 3) Exemption Products in connection with complete ban on asbestos. etc. Summary is available at Info. member site.

MHLW designated chemical substances which are subject to the reporting requirement (related to Article 95-6 of the ministerial order) about the exposure works of hazardous chemical substances, for the year 2012 report. All these substances are also subject to MSDS obligation under this law.

http://www.jaish.gr.jp/anzen/hor/hombun/hor1-3/hor1-3-142-1-0.htm

The Notice No. 1 (No.1020001/Oct.20, 2006/MHLW) related to MSDS and Labeling was amended. It reflected JISZ7250:2010 (MSDS), JISZ7251:2010 (Label) and JISZ7252:2009 (GHS Classification). By this amendment, it became obliged to describe MSDS and Label in Japanese language under this law.

http://www.jaish.gr.jp/anzen/hor/hombun/hor1-51/hor1-51-40-1-0.htm

METI posted an English guideline for the report of manufacturing volumes of General Chemical Substances and Priority Assessment Chemical Substances on their website. It includes FAQ's.

http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/english/files/CSCL-setsumei-H22-12-jizen-12eng.pdf

METI/NITE published the result of CAS-CSCL (MITI) number collation/assignment project. http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/kasinhou/miti-cas-kekka.html

Updated the page of "Report obligation on Priority Assessment Chemical Substance". Details are added etc. English/Japanese

METI posted provisional translation of the law which will be implemented on April 1, 2011 on their website..

Updated the page of "Report obligation on General Chemical Substance". Details are added etc.

English/Japanese

Propylene oxide etc., as additional Label required substances (Article 57 paragraph 1 of the law) and Specified Chemical Substances (Article 22 and 27 of the law), have been posted for public comment.

http://search.e-gov.go.jp/servlet/Public No. 495100249

Thank you for always using our services. We have reviewed our consulting service fee system. Main changes are the abolition of the limitation of number of questions and time (partly excepted) and the introduction of a low rate consulting service. We tried to set a more comfortable fee system for our clients. We would deeply appreciate if you could continuously take advantages of our services.--> Consulting Service

We have launched a new Contract Investigation Service on Chemical Management Practices in a business entity. The service is our main business and it helps chemical business entities improve current problems, if any, by conducting comprehensive investigation on their current status of chemical management practices and by understanding the current status of regulatory compliance etc.

This service has obtained high reputation, so please visit the attached URL for details.

Contract Investigation Service on Chemical Management Practices

MHLW, METI and MOE announced that they directed manufacturers and importers of 1,2,5,6,9,10 - Hexabromocyclododecan (HBCD)(Class I Monitoring Chemical Substance) to investigate and report the impact of this substance on the avian propagation. They also required business entities that have been manufactured and/or imported the same substance in the past three years and that have not been directed this investigation until Oct. 8, 2010 to contact the authorities by Oct. 15, 2010. This direction is based on Article 5-4, Paragraph 1 of this law.

http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/kasinhou/HBCD-kokoku-100930.pdf

Government decided to go into new studies for adding more substances to the "List of substances recognized as having low risk" (related to Article 8 of the law) after obtaining public opinions, and now plans to post a new list at around next January for asking public comments again. The final list will be available by the end of March 2011. These substances will be exempt from the reporting obligation of manufactured/imported volume. You can find the result of the first hearing of public comment at below site.

http://www.env.go.jp/chemi/kagaku/index/h220824.pdf

Announcement:

JCR-Link started supporting business for Chinese new chemical notification mainly for Japanese business entities. This service will be promoted under the collaboration agreement with China REACHTEK (CIRS) Co., Ltd. Please visit the relevant page for details (now only in Japanese).

* METI published revised Q&A for the amended Chemical Substance Control Law (Japanese):

http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/kasinhou/CSCL_QA.pdf

* Q&A for the procedure of new chemical notification under the industrial Safety and Health Law is available at the below site (Japanese):

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/bunya/roudoukijun/anzeneisei06/02.html

MSDS:

Added three frequently asked questions related to MSDS in the FAQ page.

Notices of Technical Policy or required Label elements for Class II Specified Chemical Substances and designated products containing these substance were gazetted on Jul.15, 2010. These notices will enter into force from Apr.1, 2011. The corresponding notices, most of which were published in this March, will be repealed by the end of Mar. 2011.

http://kanpou.npb.go.jp/20100715/20100715g00149/20100715g001490000f.html

Industrial Safety and Health Law (ISHL):

Added new pages for MSDS and Labeling in the ISHL index page. These pages include information required for MSDS and Labeling under the ISHL, with taking into consideration of GHS and other Japanese situations related to GHS. ISHL is the only law that introduced GHS in Japan.

Chemical Substance Control Law:

"List of substances recognized as having low risk" (related to Article 8 of the law) has been posted for public comment. These substance may be exempt from the reporting obligation of manufactured/imported volume. Basic thoughts for the selection of these substances are also indicated.

http://search.e-gov.go.jp/servlet/Public No. 595110049

Chemical Substance Control Law:

Added details of the regulations on Class I Specified Chemical Substances to the CSCL index page.

e.g. Handling of Class I Specified Chemical Substances that are contained as by-products in trace amount in a product etc.

Chemical Substance Control Law:

Added information of the reporting obligation on General Chemical Substances, reporting obligation on Priority Assessment Chemical Substances and Use Classification Code to the CSCL index page. (member pages)

About the English list of ISHL inventory :

JCR-Link may be able to provide you with English list of chemical substances in the ISHL inventory. If you are interested in the list, please contact me mshiba@jcr-link.com (please write down desired price for the list in case you want to purchase it)

The list will include 10,000 to 20,000 chemical substances that have been notified since the introduction of new chemical notification system under the Industrial Safety and Health Law (except about 3000 chemicals). Updated information will be available in the future for newly notified chemical substances (about 1000 per year). In a combination of using CSCL inventory, you may be able to check all chemical substances on the ISHL inventory. It includes IUPAC name and ISHL inventory number; however CAS number is not available now. Remaining 3,000 chemical substance name may be translated depending on the future development.

An e-learning software is published on METI website (Japanese only)

By this software, you can understand current Japanese chemical management movements and risk communication methodologies in Japan. It includes the contents of JAMP (Joint Article Management Promotion-consortium) activities.

Chemical Substance Control Law:

Technical Standard for PFOS and its salts (including designated products containing them) was published by gazette on May 26, 2010 (MHLW, METI, MOE Ministerial Ordinance No. 4) on page 5,6

Chemical Substance Control Law:

Added new product exclusion rule and new polymer exemption rule (member pages)

GHS:

METI published updated GHS (ver.2) classification tools for mixture. Following systems for English users are posted.

1. A system corresponding to the GHS (ver. 2)

2. A system corresponding to the JIS Z 7252 (Japanese Industrial Standard created for GHS classification (ver.2) GHS classification system down load

Chemical Substance Control Law:

Added translated notice for the application procedure of a Polymer of Law Concern (member page).

The original notice was published on Mar. 25, 2010 by MHLW, METI and MOE. This notice also includes use classification table as an appendix. Notice for the application procedure of a PLC. (24 pages)

Chemical Substance Control Law:

METI prepared an power point file that explains the amendment of the Chemical Substance Control Law. The file was posted on their web sites on Mar. 16, 2010.

http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/english/cscl.html

Chemical Substance Control Law:

"Technical Standard" related to PFOS and its salts and Products containing them has been posted for public opinion.

Due date for comments: May 6, 2010 (Note: Comments must be in Japanese)

http://search.e-gov.go.jp/servlet/Public (Filing No.595110030)

Chemical Substance Control Law:

Added a summary of the amended Chemical Substance Control Law (about 5 pages of A4 size) in a member page.

Chemical Substance control Law:

METI summarized lists of Laws, Cabinet orders, Ministerial ordinances, and Notices related to the amended laws and posted them on their web site. Because the implementation of the amended laws will enter into force by taking two years, the laws and Cabinet Orders etc. as of Apr.1, 2010 and Apr.1 2011 are separately listed. Almost all information is in Japanese but METI provides an English summary of the amended law at the bottom of the page.

Members are welcome to send questions to JCR-Link about the details of this contents.

http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/kasinhou/h21kaisei_matome.html

Chemical Substance Control Law:

METI published application procedure for a Polymer of Low Concern (Japanese, METI Web site)

The application can be started from April 1, 2010.

English information will be available in member's site soon!

Chemical Substance Control Law:

METI Notice for domestic importers. Mar. 4, 2010 (English): New requirements for the importation of Existing Chemical Substances are indicated. This notice was posted on government web site to help domestic importers communicate new requirements to exporters in overseas. Concentration cut-offs for the reporting obligation of Existing Chemical Substances and Priority Assessment Chemical Substances under the amended law are clarified.

Chemical Substance Control Law:

Polymer definition, Criteria for a Polymer of Low Concern (member page)