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China MEP to approve another 8 typical notifications of new substances

4 Dec 2012, The Chinese Ministry of Environment Protection (MEP) has published another 8 typical notifications of new substances for consultations. Notification certificates will be issued shortly if there is no objection from the public.  Among the 8 typical notifications, 2 are prepared and submitted by CIRS. This shows the technical strength of CIRS again in the notification of new chemical substances in China.


The names of the 8 new substances, notifiers, type of notification and management category are listed as below:


Index

Chinese Name

Notifier

Management Category

1

2-羟基苯甲酸(Z)-庚-4-烯-2-基酯

Givaudan Shanghai Ltd

Priority hazardous new chemical substances for environmental management

2

烷芳基取代吖啶

TRONLY NEW ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Priority hazardous new chemical substances for environmental management

3

5-取代-1,3-苯二甲酸1,3-二烷基酯金属盐

Takemoto Oil & Fat Co., Ltd

General

4

多卤代丙烷

DAIKIN FLOUROCHEM(China) Col ltd

Priority hazardous new chemical substances for environmental management

5

2-取代-4-甲基-3-氧代戊酸甲酯

Guangzhou Lonza Co. ltd

Hazardous new chemical substances

6

多烷基二硅氨基锂盐

Suzhou Novartis Pharmaceutical Co. ltd

Hazardous new chemical substances

7

3,5-二卤代-2-卤代-4-(1,1,2,3,3,3-六卤丙氧基)苯胺

IHT Jiangsu

Priority hazardous new chemical substances for environmental management

8

3-(4-甲基-1H-咪唑-1-基)-5-(三氟甲基)苯胺

Synthetics China Co. Ltd

Priority hazardous new chemical substances for environmental management

Background Information

Typical notification is required for new chemical substances to be manufactured or imported at or above the annual volume of 1 ton. Full statistics about the number of new substance registration certificates issued can be found at CIRS’s China New Substance Registration Watch.


After notification is completed, a registration certificate containing specific management category will be issued. Certificate holder needs to fulfill different post-notification obligations depending on the management category of the substance.

Chemical substances will be categorized as general new chemical substances or hazardous new chemical substances. Hazardous new chemical substances possessing persistent, bio-accumulative properties or are harmful to ecological environment and human health will be further classified as priority hazardous new chemical substances for environmental management.


More information about post-notification obligations can be found here.

Reference

http://wfs.mep.gov.cn/hxp/xhxwz/201212/t20121204_243170.htm

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Mr Eric Xiong, New Substance Notification in China/Korea/Japan, CIRS China
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