ChemRegs Newsletter – December 2023 Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Harmful Substances) Regulations 2024 The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has opened a consultation to seek views on a new Statutory Instrument (SI) titled the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Harmful Substances) Regulations 2024 (“the 2024 Regulations”) and accompanying Marine Guidance Notes (MGNs). The 2024 … Read More
November 2023 Edition
ChemRegs Newsletter – November 2023 UK REACH proposals Defra has outlined their proposals for an alternative transitional registration model (ATRm) for UK REACH, which is looking at allowing those UK companies who held EU REACH registrations before 1 January 2021 avoid having to pay again for the same data for the corresponding registrations under UK REACH. Following the UK’s departure … Read More
October 2023 Edition
ChemRegs Newsletter – October 2023 Lithium batteries Lithium batteries continue to present a risk to air travel. Data from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suggest that, on average, there is more than one incident per week related to lithium batteries in the United States alone. Although most incidents are minor they can still cause flight diversions with all the … Read More