REGULATION & COMPLIANCE one fifteenth of the minimum surface area of the GHS label . “ That ’ s where you need to get a little creative ,” Wenk observed . “ Know your label size and make sure , because this is in the actual regulation and they will check .” All this , however , is currently on hold due to COVID-19 and the knock-on effects on human resources . After many years of rather stopstart management of hazardous chemicals , Saudi Arabia published its ‘ Technical Regulation for Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment ’ in July 2021 . Compliance is required by July 2022 . Nonetheless , Wenk stressed , this is not the same as the EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive ( 2002 / 95 / EC ). One key difference is that it is defined by the Harmonised Tariff System ( HTS ) code . Products falling under one of the ‘ in scope ’ HTS codes must complete a conformity assessment , which contains design details and test reports to prove compliance and which must be reviewed by an approved notified body for market access . There are only six defined categories and many – but not all – of the exemptions and exclusions that exist in the EU apply .
Israel moves forward
At the end of 2020 , Israel ’ s Ministry for Environmental Protection published the draft Industrial Chemicals Registering Law , 5781-2020 , with a view to creating a national inventory of industrial chemicals . It enters into force on 1 March 2023 , but there an 18-month phase-in period after that to register substances . The three key stated aims are to :
• Understand what chemicals are in commerce in Israel , in the absence of an existing notification process
• Develop processes for risk assessment and risk management , something that had been poorly understood to date
• Attempt to find less dangerous chemicals for the same purposes In general , only chemicals that are used as raw materials in industry will have to be reported . As in many other jurisdictions , materials from natural sources or with a risk level considered to be insignificant and those that are already covered by other legislative mechanisms are exempted , notably food products and drugs . After the registration deadline of 1 September 2024 , any new chemical or use chemical use that is reported will be considered a ‘ new chemical ’ and will have to be notified before they can produced or imported . Currently , no volume threshold for registration has been
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