International Trade Administration of Taiwan, China has assigned import code 508 and export code 533 to PFHxS, its salts, and related compounds.

On June 29, 2026, MOFCOM added 20 Japanese entities involved in enhancing Japan's military capabilities to the Export Control List.

Taiwan's Civil Aviation Administration has proposed aligning its aviation dangerous goods rules with the 2025-2026 ICAO Technical Instructions.

Technical Summary Based on the Latest OECD Guideline No. 497.

Taiwan's Ministry of Environment will classify methoxychlor, dechlorane plus and UV-328 as toxic chemical substances from July 1, 2026.

On June 30, 2026, the European Commission adopted a delegated regulation to list chlorpyrifos in Part A of Annex I to the POPs Regulation.

Recently, Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) issued a notification: as PFHxS (perfluorohexane sulfonic acid)-related substances have been designated as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL), concerned parties should check whether the fire extinguishers and extinguishing agents they hold contain such substances, and handle them properly in accordance with the newly revised technical standards.

Panama intends to incorporate the Seventh Revised Edition of the GHS into mandatory technical regulations.

The Chemicals Agency of Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has launched a review and data-cleansing exercise for the registration information in the National Chemical Database.

On 12 August 2026, the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40) will become fully mandatory. This is not a "recommendatory" guidance document. It is a regulation with direct legal force, uniformly applicable to all EU Member States. From that date onwards, packaging that fails to meet requirements – including excessive heavy metals, non-compliant PFAS levels, incomplete EPR registration, or missing mandatory labels – may face product delisting, customs detention, heavy fines, or even exclusion from the EU market.