On  29  April,  MEE  (the  Ministry  of  Ecology  and  Environment)  issued  ‘Measures  for  the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances [MEE Notice No. 12 2020]’. The measures will enter into force on 1 January 2021, replacing ‘Measures for the  Environmental Management  of  New  Chemical  Substances  (Order  No.  7,  Ministry  of Environmental Protection)’ issued by the former Ministry of Environmental Protection on 19 January 2010.

Article 3. For the purposes of these Measures, new chemical substances mean the chemical substances that are not listed in the “Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China”.

The  chemical  substances  that  have  been  listed  in  the  Inventory  of  Existing  Chemical Substances in China are subject to environmental management just as existing chemical substances  are.  However,  where  chemical  substances  subject  to  new-use  environmental management according to the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China are used for industrial purposes other than allowed ones, they are subject to environmental management as new chemical substances.

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