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Chemical List and Chemical SDS Control Draft in Brazil
Posted Date:2021/11/10
In October 2018, Brazil’s National Chemical Safety Commission (Comitê Nacional Sobre Segurança Química, or CONASQ) issued a preliminary bill for chemical substance inventory, chemical assessment and chemical control. The draft law stipulates the establishment of a national inventory of existing chemical substances in Brazil and the provisions for the assessment and control of chemical substances.
Draft content:
The Act's Requirements for Imported Chemicals
Articles 6 and 7 of the draft law require that producers or importers of industrial chemical substances in Brazil, including substances in mixtures, of substances ≥ 1 ton (t) per year (based on a three-year average), must submit the following information List of national registered chemical substances used in CONASQ.
1. The company logo of the manufacturer or importer;
2. Material identification, such as CAS name or IUPAC name and CAS number (if any);
3. The quantity produced or imported each year;
4. Recommended use;
5. GHS classification.
The deadline for submitting the above information for chemical substances is 3 years from the date of import. For mixtures, each substance exceeding 1 ton/year (t/y) should be submitted separately.
The scope of the reform of the bill
The draft law is mainly applicable to industrial chemical substances ≥ 1 ton/year (t / y). The following chemical substances are out of scope. This means that they are not controlled by the Act.
1 radioactive material
2. Substances under development or only used for research
3. Non-separating intermediates
4. Anesthesia and psychotropic drugs
5. Medicines
6. Agrochemicals
7. Cosmetics and personal hygiene products
8. Food and food additives
New substance registration
Once the country’s existing chemical substance list is finalized, the unlisted chemical substances will be regarded as new chemical substances. Manufacturers and importers of new chemical substances ≥1 ton/year (t/y) need to register these new substances by submitting additional research and risk assessment reports.