Australia Consults on Six Additions to IChEMS Register
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AGILITYPR.NEWS / May 21, 2025 / SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 062.25, focusing on the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s (DCCEEW) announcement proposing the listing of six chemicals/groups of chemicals to the country’s Industrial Chemicals Environment Management (Register) Instrument 2022.
The proposal was open for comments until May 9, 2025, and refers to the following chemicals/groups of chemicals:
- 1,2-dibromoethane
- 1,2-dichloroethane
- Aryl sulfonate hydrotropes
- Decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE, and chemicals containing a portion of DBDPE)
- Mercury and its compounds
- Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT)
DBPDE, which is a flame retardant, along with mercury and its compounds, will be assigned to Schedule 6 of the IChEMS Register, as chemicals which will be prohibited from manufacture, import, use and export, with some exemptions.
SGS experts publish SafeGuardS to keep stakeholders informed about regulatory changes that could impact their business. SafeGuardS 062.25 includes further information on exemptions and risk measurement measures in the scheduling of DBDPE and its uses.
Stakeholders are encouraged to refer to the original SafeGuardS 062.25 for more details.
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