What is China REACH?

On October 15, 2010 the reviewed version of the "Measures on Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substance (Order No. 7)" of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) came into effect.

In this regulation, which is called China REACH due to its similarities to EU REACH, chemical substances are being divided into existing and new chemicals. Before a company is allowed to manufacture or import a new chemical into the Chinese market it is required to do a notification of this chemical with the Chemical Registration Centre (CRC) of the MEP.

Both under The program was updated in 2017. In this update, the minimum requirements for toxicological and eco-toxicological information for notification were reviewed as well as the criteria under which a test has to be conducted. Since January 01, 2018 a new inventory for restricted chemicals was issued in which substances that are exempted from notification are listed.