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Executive Yuan Passed the Amendment of TCSC Act

Taiwan Executive Yuan approved the revision of the Toxic Chemical Substance Control Act in the current congressional section. The act bill moved by the examination committee dated on May 21^st, and underwent the third reading on Dec. 21^st, 2018.  TCSCA is now renamed as Toxics and Substance of Concerns Management Act. The Assembly supports the bill to include the following new installations:

l   Establishing a new category Chemicals of Concerns with over thousands of chemicals with exposure risks and food safety.

l   Allowing whistleblower protection against illegal toxic chemical operations

l   Engaging in emergency response and prevention preparation by coordinating chemical accident responding resource, reporting systems and funding by service users.

l   Allowing rights of litigation against operators of violating registration and management provisions of TCSC Act.

l   Operating an interagency board of safe chemical management with platform for coordinating 15 different levels of agencies and ministries

Supplementary regulations and management measures will be reviewed and revised accordingly within 6 months after the Act is officially proclaimed.

Reference: https://www.tcsb.gov.tw/cp-21-3231-c85c6-1.html (in Chinese)

CBI Withholding application on SDS

The Regulation for the Labeling and Hazard Communication of Hazardous Chemicals (the Regulation), authorized by the OSH Act Article 10, was amended to require disclosure of CAS No. of mixture in the 3^rd section of SDS, unless CBI withholding is granted.  The amendment has been approved and published in the gazette on Nov. 9^th, 2018:  https://gazette.nat.gov.tw/egFront/detail.do?metaid=102623&log=detailLog

Chemical supplier is liable to provide SDS to downstream workplaces complying with the Regulation.

l   Commencing January 1^st, 2019, it is mandatory to disclosure CAS NO. (if applicable) of the ingredient contributing to hazards of mixtures, or ingredient concentrations complying with cut-off limits specified in the appendix.  CBI withholding of such ingredient including the full name and CAS No. is possible subject to application approved by the competent authority.  Therefore, generic name of such component on SDS can only be used when the CBI withholding application is granted by the authority.  Disclosure of chemical names and CAS No. are most relevant to risk management measure in workplace.  Time period of correction, cancelation, and abolishing is also stipulated to protect the rights of application and to secure examination time period.  Substances with PEL stipulated by the OSH Act cannot be granted for CBI withholding.

In 2018, ongoing field inspection by central and local authorities, as well as downstream users demanding for SDS, are driving the requirement of SDS in local language and proper GHS classification/labelling of chemicals to a high demand.  In the coming 2019, SDS and labelling compliance and delivery will continue to the prime measures of safe chemical operation key index in workplace.