China’s new Hazardous Chemicals Safety Law took effect on May 1, 2026, and signals a more integrated, lifecycle-based approach to chemical regulation. For companies making, importing, selling, using, storing, or transporting chemicals in China, the message is clear: compliance expectations are becoming more formalised, more digital, and more difficult to treat as a narrow EHS issue.

The introduction of individual interim registration requirements and the enforcement of a hard compliance deadline of September 30, 2026, means that companies can no longer rely on phased timelines alone. The focus has shifted from long-term planning to immediate action. This guide explains what has changed, what it means in practice, and what companies should do now to maintain access to the Turkish market.

On August 20, 2025, the Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center (SCC) published the "Work Notice Concerning the Extension Application for Public Disclosure of Chemical Substance Identification Information" on its official website. According to the notice, any registration certificate holders that require an extension must prepare necessary materials for explanation and submit their applications to the competent authority by September 15, 2025. To assist relevant enterprises in understanding and complying with the extension application procedures, CIRS Group has compiled this handbook, which covers a variety of information, including:

Stay compliant with EU Poison Centre Notifications (PCN) requirements. Learn how to submit your PCN, avoid penalties, and ensure market access in the EU and Great Britain. Get expert guidance from the CIRS Group.

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When Brexit was enacted and the UK left the EU on January 31, 2020, it took certain regulations that were in force and wrote them directly into GB regulations. From that point forward, Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) began adhering to the GB Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals Regulation (GB CLP). However, the Northern Ireland agreement means that European Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (EU CLP) is still required in Northern Ireland. It should be noted that any updates to EU CLP that took place after January 31, 2020, do not apply to GB CLP.