ChemRegs Newsletter – March 2024 Changes to the Dangerous Goods by Air Regulations (ICAO Technical Instructions) The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) met in Montréal in November 2023 and recommended several changes to the air transport rules for incorporation in the 2025-2026 Edition of the ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by … Read More

ChemRegs Newsletter – February 2024 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) The UK government has announced that a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will be implementedby 2027. CBAM, also known as the Carbon Border Tax, is intended to impose a tax on the importation of certain products. The issue driving this is climate change and the UK government’s aim to … Read More

ChemRegs Newsletter – January 2024 ECHA launches a new public chemicals database The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has today (30 January 2024) launched a new public chemicals database with information from all REACH registrations received by the Agency. ‘ECHA CHEM’ is described as a new solution for publishing information on chemicals. Initially, it will include data that companies have submitted … Read More