Market Challenges According to China's REACH regulations (Environmental Management Measures for New Chemical Substances), polymers that are not listed in the "Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances Produced or Imported in China (IECSC)" will be regarded as new For chemical substances, relevant units need to comply with relevant reporting regulations and report to the Chemical Registration Center (CRC) before manufacturing or importing. Enterprises outside China can designate a domestic institution to carry out the declaration process. It must be noted that if all the monomers in the polymer are listed in the "Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China", but the polymer itself is not listed in the inventory, a declaration is still required. In China's new environmental management measures for chemical substances, polymers are defined as follows: The most commonly used method is to test samples with Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) to determine whether the sample belongs to the category of polymers. When searching in the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China, the first thing to pay attention to is how the polymers are named. The Chinese name of the polymer is named according to the "Polymer Chemistry Nomenclature (2005 Edition)", and the English name is named according to the IUPAC or CAS rules.

On October 15, 2010, the "Environmental Management Measures for New Chemical Substances" issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, namely Ministry of Environmental Protection Order No. 7, was officially implemented. It stipulates that for any polymer that is not included in the "Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China", any unit producing or importing it must go through declaration and registration procedures. Foreign manufacturers must entrust a company registered in China to act as an agent for registration. One thing to note is that even if all the monomers in the polymer are in the "Inventory", but the polymer itself is not included in the "Inventory", then the polymer still needs to go through the declaration and registration procedures. The special provisions of Order No. 7 for new polymers can be briefly summarized as simple declaration and regular declaration under special circumstances: 1. Simple declaration conditions for polymers under special circumstances (no tonnage limit): ﹡The polymer itself is not in the "List" , but the weight percentage of one or more new chemical substance monomers/reactants of the polymer is less than or equal to 2%; *The polymer itself is not in the "Inventory", but all the monomers or reactants in the polymer are in the "Inventory" 》; ﹡Polymers of low concern; 2. Regular declaration conditions for polymers: ﹡For polymers with annual production or import volume less than one ton but not included in the "List", if you choose to apply for regular declaration, you must pass the five-year After the identification procedure of three steps, relevant information shall be provided according to the minimum level of data required for regular declaration; ﹡The annual production or import volume exceeds one ton and does not meet the simplified requirements.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China recently issued an announcement banning the production, sale and use of 33 products including propyl paraben as food additives from now on. According to the "Reply Letter of the Ministry of Health of China on Issues Concerning the Standards for Use of Food Additives" (GB2760-2011), the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China has decided that from now on, the provincial quality and technical supervision bureaus will no longer accept food additive production licenses for 33 products. \Applicable, including food preservatives such as propyl parahydroxybenzoate and food disinfectants such as chlorine dioxide. The approved production license\license certificate will be withdrawn and canceled by the regulatory authorities and will be completed before December 20 this year. It is understood that 33 products involve propyl parahydroxybenzoate, propyl parahydroxybenzoate sodium salt, thiabendazole, sodium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, peracetic acid, trisodium chloride phosphate, dodecane Sodium benzene sulfonate, sodium dodecyl sulfonate, 1-propanol, sodium 4-chlorophenoxyacetate, 6-benzyladenine, monoethanolamine, sodium dichloroisonitrile cyanurate, petrolatum, calcium silicate Aluminum, succinic anhydride, adipic acid, adipic anhydride, formaldehyde, tetrapotassium pyrophosphate, urea, triethanolamine, dodecyldimethylamine bromide (sulfamethoxazole), iron powder, five-carbon bisacetal, sulfurous acid Ammonium, iron oxide, silver, oleic acid, fatty alcohol amides, sodium fatty ether sulfate. At the same time, all food additive manufacturers are prohibited from producing the above 33 products, and those that have been produced are prohibited from being exported as food additives.

Recently, India issued the latest limit standards for metal contaminants, biotoxins and other chemical contaminants in food, which came into effect on August 5, 2011. The new standards stipulate the following provisions for three substances in specific foods: (1) Metal contaminants: lead, copper, arsenic, tin, zinc, cadmium, mercury, methylmercury, chromium, and nickel residue limits; (2) ) Specifies the limits of biological toxins: aflatoxin, aflatoxin M1, patulin, and ochratoxin A; (3) Specifies the limits of chemical pollutants Agaricacid, Hydrocyanicacid, Hypericine, and Saffrole . See the original text of the standard for details. Source: SKYTE (2011-11-14)

On December 2, 2011, the European Union's Official Journal published European Commission Resolution 2011/786/EU, which related to the European safety standards that bicycles, children's bicycles and bicycle luggage racks must comply with. According to Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety, European standardization bodies are required to establish European standards to ensure that products sold in the EU comply with the general safety requirements of the directive. Recently, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) announced revisions to the European standards EN 14764:2005 for city bicycles, EN 14766:2005 for mountaineering bicycles, EN 4781:2005 for racing bicycles, and EN 14872:2006 for bicycle luggage racks. As for children's bicycles that are not covered by the Toy Safety Directive, the European standard EN 14765:2005+A1:2008 will also be revised. Bicycles sold in the EU must comply with new general safety requirements, which mainly target: Bicycles must also meet certain physical property requirements, such as stability, durability, front and rear braking systems, sharp edge handling, etc. Other regulations include the mechanical characteristics of the bicycle, such as requirements regarding folding systems and fasteners to ensure that the bicycle is practical and safe and avoids injury to the user. In addition, there are separate regulations for different types of bicycles. For example, children's bicycles must comply with saddle height and average load limits, and braking regulations are also stricter. Bicycle luggage rack in user and child safety, load capacity

The British Standards Institution (BSI) recently released a new standard "EN71-8: 2011 Home Entertainment Toys". This standard replaces EN 71-8: 2003 + A4: 2009. Once it is published in the European Union Journal, it will become an enforceable harmonized standard. Compliance with this standard can be deemed to be equivalent to compliance with the new Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. relevant regulations. Furthermore, conflicting national standards must be withdrawn no later than March 2012. Challenge: Source: Intertek

ECHA's multifunctional application exemption cannot be swayed by the industry. The ECHA Member State Committee has obtained public opinions in writing. After reaching an agreement, the European Chemicals Agency will recommend adding 13 substances to the list of authorized substances in Annex XIV of the REACH regulation and solicit opinions. The substances are: • Trichlorethylene • Chromium trioxide • Chromic acid, dichromic acid and its oligochromic acid • Sodium dichromate • Potassium dichromate • Ammonium dichromate • Potassium chromate • Sodium chromate • Sulfuric acid Cobalt (II) • Cobalt dichloride • Cobalt (II) nitrate • Cobalt (II) carbonate • Cobalt acetate It is expected that these substances will be included in Annex XIV in February 2013. The proposal already contains the company’s latest application authorization date. 18 months for trichlorethylene, 21 months for chromium compounds, and two years for chromium and cobalt compounds. All dates are within 18 months of the date of application. Although ECHA has received multiple applications from industry for exemption authorization for specific purposes, it is expected that there will be no such exemption from the proposal. Trichlorethylene may be exempted when used for surface cleaning in closed systems. The proposal also includes information that may lead to certain professional

The International Organization for Standardization ISO has released a new standard of the ISO14000 family, which is intended to help certain organizations reduce the negative impact of their products and services on the environment. All products or services will have an impact on the environment throughout their life cycle, from resource extraction to end of processing. The purpose of environmentally friendly design is to take environmental factors into consideration during product development and service processes to reduce environmental harm and continuously improve its life cycle performance. The end goal: cleaner products and services, and a greener planet. The newly released ISO 14006:2011, Environmental management systems – Guidelines for incorporating ecodesign, provides management system guidelines for products and services on how to integrate environmental design into the environment, quality, etc. This standard will help relevant organizations establish, prove, implement, and continuously improve ecological management in environmental management systems (EMS). It applies when an organization has control over a product or environmental factors that affect the product/service. Advantages of adding environmentally friendly design: 1. Economic benefits, such as increasing competitiveness, reducing costs, attracting financing and investment, and improving efficiency; 2. Promoting innovation and creativity, establishing new business models; 3. Reducing environmental impact and improving product knowledge thereby reduce

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the implementation of the "2013 REACH Action Plan" at the International Symposium on REACH Regulations on September 23. The Industrial Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs reminded those who manufacture or import chemical substances in a total annual volume of more than 100 tons. Chemical manufacturers and importers will start preparation of registration files in advance and complete chemical registration before May 31, 2013, in order to cope with the arrival of the second batch of registration deadline on June 1, 2013. ECHA reminds that in order to complete the registration in time, the registered representative must submit the registration dossier before March 30, 2013. While preparing the dossier and necessary chemical safety assessments, the registrant should retain a period of one year for dialogue with downstream users regarding substance use and chemical safety reporting. Downstream users are required to notify product manufacturers of how their products are used downstream before May 30, 2012. In addition, the Substance Information Exchange Forum (SIEF) must complete specific arrangements for substance identity confirmation, data requirement classification, and data sharing operations by the end of 2012.

台灣 – 11/03/11 JIG- 201 Ed. 1.0已發布 No. 18/ 2011 美國消費電子協會（CEA），數位歐洲（DIGITALEUROPE）及日本綠色採購調查共通化協會（JGPSSI） 發布聯合產業指南—電子電器產品包裝材料成分聲明：JIG-201  Ed. 1.0。這是一項關於電子產品全球銷售及運輸的包裝中化學材料和物質的供應鏈信息披露指南。 指南中制定電子電器產品包裝的相關要求，包括化學物質、申報閾值和應用列表。也要求製造商和其他購買商提供該數據，以確保符合相關法規要求，設計規範，並達到永續發展的目標。宣告使用化學物質之法規參照歐盟包材指令、REACH及各國環保標章等要求。               資料來源 JIG-201 Ed. 1.0  (只提供英文版本) (PDF 3 MB)         &