Effective January 1, 2026, the supporting standard for China RoHS implements its Amendment No. 1.

Recently, Turkey's Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (MoEU) has officially announced the administrative fee standards for the 2026 KKDIK registrations.

On December 31, 2025, the National Technical Committee on Road Transport Standardization announced that, in accordance with the national standard formulation and revision plan, it has organized the development of seven mandatory national standards in the series of Regulations Concerning Road Transportation of Dangerous Goods. The Regulations Concerning Road Transportation of Dangerous Goods are a crucial component of China's road transport standard system for dangerous goods and serve as the fundamental technical standards for such transport.

The most significant revision plan for the EU's REACH regulation in nearly two decades (commonly known as REACH 2.0) has been postponed again.

Pursuant to partial revisions of the Enforcement Rule of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) announced on October 15, 2025, the National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS) released a notice on December 17 regarding the procedure for changing the registration entity, specifically the OR change process, within its system.

On December 17, 2025, ECHA announced the addition of 19 new substance testing proposals and invited public comments by February 2.

China officially released the Priority Controlled Substances List (Third Batch) (Announcement No. 43 of 2025). Their production and use primarily involve industries such as petrochemicals, plastics, rubber, pharmaceuticals, textiles, dyes, coatings, pesticides, leather, and electroplating.

The Hazardous Chemicals Safety Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted and promulgated at the 19th Session of the Standing Committee of the Fourteenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on December 27, 2025, and will come into effect on May 1, 2026. What key contents should be focused on, what are the changes, and how to respond? Please see the analysis below.

Japan announced that a cabinet order to partially amend the Enforcement Order of the CSCL has been approved.

The draft Hazardous Chemicals Safety Law was formally submitted for its third review at the 19th Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress.