A recent EU-wide enforcement forum initiative has highlighted significant REACH compliance gaps in imported substances, mixtures, and consumer products. Inspections revealed that a substantial share of imported mixtures contained substances that were not registered under...
Researching or developing a chemical product or process in the EU may bring you face-to-face with PPORD notification, the Product and Process Oriented Research and Development. Below is a...
Are you a non-EU manufacturer aiming to place chemical products on the EU market? Navigating the REACH Regulation can be challenging, as non-EU companies cannot register their chemical substances...
Changing the Only Representative (OR) is legally possible under the EU REACH Regulation, and it is often necessary when non-EEA manufacturers or suppliers decide to switch to a new...
Companies declaring themselves as micro, small, or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in REACH registrations should carefully verify that their company size has been correctly declared in REACH-IT. Incorrect declarations can...
On June 14, 2025, Vietnam passed the amended Law on Chemicals No. 69/2025/QH15. This is a significant amendment after nearly two decades which is set to bring a strategic...
Trust, promise, and communication On July 3rd, 2025, the Chementors team gathered in Turku for this year’s Team Day, a full-day workshop built around the themes of trust, promise,...
EU Proposes Significant 2025 Revisions to REACH Regulation At the 54th meeting of the Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP (CARACAL-54) on April 3, 2025, the European Commission unveiled...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a public consultation on the use of ethanol as a disinfectant in product types PT1 (human hygiene), PT2 (disinfectants not intended for...
Five new hazardous chemicals added to the SVHC Candidate List ECHA has updated the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC) with five new chemicals and also...
CLP Regulation Update The EU has updated the CLP regulation concerning the classification, labeling, and packaging of chemicals. This change clarifies rules related to chemical classification and labeling, as...
Substances of very high concern (SVHC), as named, are highly hazardous. Articles* containing SVHC, therefore, require high attention from the whole supply chain and consumers to safely handle, use,...
ECHA inspected 2500 safety data sheets A recent EU-wide initiative by ECHA’s Enforcement Forum revealed that 35% of inspected safety data sheets (SDS) failed to meet compliance standards. While...
Product-types in biocidal products regulation Registering active substances and biocidal products before placing the products on the European Union (EU) market is an obligation under the Biocidal Products Regulation...
The General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR), which entered into force on 12 June 2023, replaced the General Product Safety Directive and the Food Imitating Product Directive and...
Client’s benefit as the central theme Chementors organized a team day last August, held in sunny Tampere, Finland. The day’s agenda centered around diverse team building and ensuring all...
Regulatory challenges faced by companies selling products and chemicals to the EU To legally place a product on the EU market, it is critical that the company you represent...
ECHA’s inspection plan on OR duties Announced on its official page in June 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Enforcement Forum will soon launch a pilot enforcement project focusing...
HAZARD PICTOGRAMS: what it is According to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) developed by the United Nations, a hazard pictogram is a graphical...
PCN inspections safeguard human health ECHA’s Enforcement Forum is launching a project to ensure suppliers have properly notified hazardous chemical mixtures to poison centres. These notifications are critical for...
Voluntary submission is a regulated option for non-EU companies and non-duty holders or mixtures outside the scope of Article 45 of CLP Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008. Chementors can assist...
Customs Authorities Reject 11% of Commercially Imported Fashion Jewelry Due to Hazardous Materials In 2023, Finnish Customs rejected 11% of commercially imported fashion jewelry made out of non-precious metals...
Since 20 April 2023, EU has applied new hazard classes, new hazard statements, and new criteria for the classification, labelling, and packaging of substances and mixtures. This new rule...
Providing a compliant Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is a legal obligation. The core purpose of that obligation is to protect the health and safety of humans and the environment....
National enforcement authorities have started inspecting the compliance of safety data sheets for chemicals sold on the EU market. Checking safety data sheets was agreed by ECHA’s Enforcement Forum...
The Candidate List of substances of very high concern now contains 233 entries for chemicals that can harm people or the environment. Companies are responsible for managing the risks...
What is a safety data sheet? A safety data sheet (SDS) is a document that contains comprehensive information about a substance or a mixture as an instruction for the...
From 7 November, companies from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway can submit notifications on their products containing substances of very high concern to ECHA. The obligation to submit notifications to...
The CLP regulation on classification, labeling and packaging has been updated. New substances have been added to Annex VI of the regulation, and the classifications and labels of some...
Chementors joined the Seminar on “Overview and updates of chemical management regulations in Vietnam” Chementors attended the Seminar on “Overview and updates of chemical management regulations in Vietnam” organized...
Chementors, together with Smart Chemistry Park and Green Idustry Park attended the 2022 ChemBio Finland expo in Helsinki on the 8th and 9th of June. ChemBio Finland is an...
Chementors Ltd together with Chementors SEA Co. Ltd attended the exhibition “Work the Nordic Way 2022” 1st June 2022, in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam to promote and strengthen...
GHS The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is a standard developed by the United Nations (UN) to globally standardize and harmonize the classification and...
Four new chemicals have been added to The Candidate List of substances of very high concern as of 17th January 2022. The Candidate List now contains 223 entries for...
Tukes informs that the information requirements under REACH Regulation have changed starting from 8.1.2022. The amending Regulation (EC Regulation 2021/979) changed Annexes VII-XI of the REACH Regulation (EC 1907/2006),...
ECHA has published an update to the Guidance on Poison Centre Notifications. The guide is an orientation document on the European harmonised information relating to emergency health response –...
The European Commission has revised certain information requirements for registering chemicals under REACH. The changes will start to apply in early 2022 and companies need to start preparing. ECHA...
EU importers and EU manufacturers now have obligations according to the EU REACH Regulation ((EC) No 1907/2006) and the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) which requires the determination of chemicals...
Since 1 January 2021, importers and downstream users are obligated to notify their mixtures in a harmonised format and unique formula identifiers (UFIs) must be included on mixture labels....
The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorisation now contains 209 substances. Helsinki, 25 June 2020 ECHA – The four candidate substances includes an endocrine-disrupting...
While getting back into business after lifting nationwide lockdown aka social distancing, Vietnam has started to update their National Chemical Inventory. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of...
UFI is an acronym for Unique Formula Identifier. The UFI will primarily be used by poison centres in the event of an emergency call. For example, the UFI can...
Companies have a lot to improve on reporting harmful substances in their products The ECHA Enforcement Forum pilot project revealed shortcomings in the notification of SVHCs in their products....
18 substances of very high concern (SVHCs) are recommended to be added to the REACH Authorisation List Helsinki, 1 October 2019 – ECHA’s ninth recommendation to the European Commission to prioritise substances...
With the new EU regulation, more than 200 substances or groups of substances were banned in cosmetic products. Cosmetics marketed in the EU and EEA countries must not contain...
Helsinki, January 15, 2019 The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorisation now contains 197 substances. ECHA has added five new substances to the Candidate...
Chementors Ltd had an honor to attend “We Love Finland” event in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Thursday October 18th. The center of the event organized by Business...
The CLP Regulation (“Classification, Labeling and Packaging”) is based on Regulation No 1272/2008 of the European Union on chemicals, concerning the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals. The EU...
Welcome to the SmartCHEM Summit 2018! Turku Science Park Ltd. arranges SmartCHEM Summit 2018 which presents the latest innovations in bio-based production and solutions for creating new business from...
The leading global event for personal care ingredients The exhibition brings together up to 800 international exhibitors of ingredients, fragrances, lab equipment, testing and regulatory solutions with up to 9,000 cosmetic manufacturers...
Mr. Jani Määttä, CEO of Chementors Ltd giving a presentation about REACH deadline at the in-cosmetics Asia 2017 Exhibition in Bangkok, November 2nd.
Chementors is attending 4th consecutive year to the most important exhibition for cosmetic ingredient producers in Asia. In-cosmetics Asia 2017 is held at BITEC Bangkok Exhibition Centre on Oct30-Nov2,...
ICIF 2017 is a one-of-its-kind Exhibition and Conference in Shanghai, China, which embodies and spotlights the entire chemical industry portfolio. Since 1992, ICIF China has become the indispensable chemical...
Chementors has begun its expansion into countries in Southeast Asia. The growing export of chemicals from the area to Europe is leading to an increased need for Chementors’s services,...
The joint seminar organised by the Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center (IQTC) and Chementors in Guangzhou on 30 June 2017 was visited by over 250 participants from a number...
Executive Director Geert Dancet and International Affairs Officer Petteri Mäkelä from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will be visiting the seminar organised by Chementors and Quarantine Technology Center (IQTC)...
The main focus of the ECHA Stakeholders’ day was preparing for the final REACH registration deadline on 31 May 2018. Only one year to the deadline, the 2-day conference offered registrants,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Helsinki Tuesday 4th of April on an official 2-day-visit to Finland. The visit aimed at advancing bilateral ties, increasing political mutual trust and...
Chemspec Europe 2017 Munich, Germany 31 May – 01 June 2017 Munich Trade Fair Centre Chemspec Europe 2017 – International exhibition for fine and specialty chemicals Chemspec Europe 2017...
ChemBio 2017 Helsinki, Finland 29-30 March 2017 Expo and Convention Centre, Helsinki Trade fair for chemistry and biotechnology professionals ChemBio Finland 2017 is the most significant event for the...
in-cosmetics global 2017 ExCel, London UK 04-06 April 2017 The leading personal care ingredient event Every year, personal care manufacturers and suppliers, big and small, bulk and niche, return...
ChemicalWatch Expo 2017 Berlin, Germany 25-26 April 2017 Courtyard Berlin City Centre Chemical Watch Expo 2017 – REACH into the Future Only exhibition of its kind where SMEs and...
Chementors Ltd is attending Biocides Europe 2016 seminar arranged by Chemical Watch in Vienna November 30th-December 1st 2016. We can help companies with Biocidal Product Registrations (BRP) and build...
in-cosmetics Asia is the leading pan-Asian event for personal care ingredients where 400+ global suppliers showcase their products to approximately 7,500 Asian cosmetic manufacturers and distributors. Chementors Hong Kong Ltd is...
Regulatory Summit Asia 2016 Chemical Watch’s third annual Regulatory Summit Asia takes place in Hong Kong from 7-8 September 2016. Chementors is on display during the event promoting our...
Chemspec is one of the most important international exhibitions for fine and specialty chemicals. Manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of chemicals worldwide gather in Basel, Switzerland in 1-2 June 2016....
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