by delphic-admin | Apr 18, 2024 | Middle East
In October 2023, the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Egypt announced the non-applicability of the provisions of Decrees 991/2015 and 43/2016 to cosmetics that have already obtained an import approval from the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA). It can be accessed here...
by delphic-admin | Sep 28, 2023 | South America
The National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) have published Provision 5978/2023 which prohibits the use of the following substances on cosmetics, products for personal hygiene, and perfumes: 4-Amino-3-hydroxytoluene (INCI:...
by delphic-admin | Sep 4, 2023 | South America
Chile’s Department of Environmental Health has issued a draft proposal for a regulation on the registration, manufacture, import and distribution of disinfectant products. (The draft regulation can be found here in Spanish) The regulation, issued on 3 July, would...
by delphic-admin | Jun 24, 2023 | Europe
As a continuation of the “Updates to CITES Annotation 4 for Orchids” mentioned in the March 2023 Monthly GRIP content, the UK and EU legislation has now been updated to implement the relevant changes mentioned. As a recap, the most relevant change was to Annotation 4...
by delphic-admin | Apr 19, 2023 | UK
The rate at which the UK Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) is charged is increasing from 1 April 2023. Any packaging that is chargeable for the UK PPT and has been manufactured or imported prior to 1 April 2023, will be charged at the existing rate of £200 per tonne....