| Message: | GHS in TaiwanTaiwan is among the first areas in the world that have adopted GHS.In December 2007, Taiwan Executive Yuan approved the effective date of December 31st 2008 for GHS implementation in workplace, environmental protection and public dangerous goods control, by following Taiwan GHS standards CNS 15030 'Classification & Labelling of Chemicals' and coordinated by 3 leading ministries in Taiwan i.e. Taiwan Labor Committee, Environmental Protection Agency and Taiwan Fire Bureau, among which Taiwan Labor Committee and Environmental Protection Agency are the 2 most active authorities. A transitional period from December 31st 2008 to December 31st 2009 is designed for industries to convert from current system (UNRTDG, i.e. United Nation Recommendation on Transportation of Dangerous Goods) to GHS.Taiwan EPA rules the toxic chemicals (as listed by Taiwan EPA, ca. 250 chemicals) shall follow GHS. While Taiwan Labor Committee follows phase-in introduction of GHS system. During the period from 2008 to 2013, Taiwan Labor Committee (name changed to 'Ministry of Labor' in 2014) designated the substances that were highly hazardous and manufactured/imported in large volume for GHS classification and labelling by three-phase announcements. It was also announced by Ministry of Labor in December 2013 that full GHS implementation will be started from January 1st, 2016 for all hazardous chemicals with one-year transitional period (from January 1st, 2016 to December 31st, 2016). During the transitional period, non-GHS SDS and Label are allowed for hazardous chemicals not covered by the three-phase announcements.For phase I, totally 1,062 substances (including their mixtures) were announced for compliance with GHS latest by December 31st, 2009. In January 2011, second batch of 1089 substances (including their mixtures) were announced as phase II compliance with GHS latest by December 31st, 2011. In December 2013, a third batch of 2010 substance (including their mixtures) were announced as p......url:http://www.randiscn.com |
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