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Draft partial amendment of the Enforcement Rule of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances: - Name of Law: "Draft partial amendment of the Enforcement Rule of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances" - Major Contents: A. Simplification of provision of information on chemical substances (Article 36) 1) For any substances that have been registered without CSR, instead of registered number, whether registered could be written on MSDS for the purpose of provision of information. B. Criteria for reporting changes in substances subject to intensive control contained in product (Article 43) (...)

Proposed Amendments to the enforcement rule of the Act on Promotion of Environment-friendly agriculture and Fisheries, and Management of and Support for Organic Foods: he main amended contents in this document are as follows: A. Improvement of certification criteria for organic foods, etc. (Annex 4 and 14 of the draft) 1) Revised the pesticide detection standard for environment-friendly agricultural products from "non-detection" to 1/20 or below of MRLs set for general agricultural products, and if the MRLs are not set, the standard is revised to 0.01mg/kg or below. 2) Added conditions for certified business entities to raise the effectiveness of conserving agricultural environment and to prevent unintended contamination. B. Rationalization of criteria for administrative dispositions against business entities of organic agricultural materials who have obtained public disclosures (Annex 20 of the draft) (...)

Draft partial amendment of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances: Currently, registration obligation under Article 10 of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances is applied even to the chemical substances that are manufactured by recycling wastes. However, in the EU where operates a chemical registration instrument similar to that of Korea, registration obligation is exempted for chemical substances manufactured by recycling wastes when other business operator already completed registration of the same chemical substance. Therefore, Korea will allow an exemption from registration of chemical substance manufactured by recycling wastes when such chemical substance was already registered by other business operator.

"Energy efficiency, Functionality and Labelling Requirements for Lighting Products - part 1": This Kuwait Technical Regulation specifies the requirements of Safety, Electromagnetic compatibility, Performance, Functionality requirements, Marking requirements, Energy efficiency requirements and Hazardous chemicals requirements.

"Energy efficiency, Functionality and Labelling Requirements for Lighting Products - part 2": This Kuwait Technical Regulation specifies the requirements of Energy Efficiency, Functionality, Marking information, Energy efficiency labelling and Hazardous substances.

"Electrically propelled mopeds and motorcycles — Safety specifications — Part 1: On-board rechargeable energy storage system (RESS)": This Kuwait Technical Regulation is concerned with safety requirements for rechargeable energy storage systems (RESS) of electrically propelled mopeds and motorcycles for the protection of persons.

Law No. 13/2022: Prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, sale, import, and export of e-cigarettes and tobacco products for oral or inhalation, as well as the bringing of such products out of and into the Macao Special Administrative Region.

Chief Executive's Decision No. 67/2023: Prohibition of import and transhipment of oil-base paints and varnishes used for vehicle repairs that exceed volatile organic compounds content limits to the Macao Special Administrative Region.

Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-003-SCT-SEMAR-ARTF-2021, Marking and labelling of packages containing dangerous goods. Placarding and marking of transport units and bulk containers used to transport dangerous goods: The notified Mexican Official Standard specifies the characteristics, dimensions, symbols and colours for the marking, labelling and placarding to be borne by packages, transport units, intermediate bulk containers and bulk containers, tanker trucks and other road and rail transport units in order to identify the hazard class to which the dangerous goods being handled and transported belong.

Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-018-ASEA-2023: "Liquefied petroleum gas distribution plants (annuls and replaces NOM-001-SESH-2014: "LPG distribution plants. Design, construction and safety": The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the requirements and specifications for industrial safety, operational safety and environmental protection that must be met by liquefied petroleum gas distribution plants during the design, construction, operation and maintenance stages, in order to promote, leverage and develop in a sustainable manner the activity of liquefied petroleum gas distribution through distribution plants, as well as to prevent harm to the population, the installations and the environment. (...)