The revised Measures for the Administration of Registration of Hazardous Chemicals (SAWS’s Order 53) was issued in July 2012 and came into force on 1 Aug 2012. The regulation is promulgated in accordance with the article 66 and 67 of Decree 591 and sets out detailed requirements on HazChem registrations with the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS).
Main Requirements of SAWS Order 53
SAWS’s Order 53 requires that domestic manufacturers and importers register hazardous chemicals with the National Registration Center of Chemicals (NRCC) of SAWS prior to manufacturing or importation. Compared to the old measures, it has triggered new obligations for importers and required more detailed hazard data from companies for registration as well as a 24h emergency contact number.
Hazardous Chemicals Subject to Registration
Unlike MEP’s order 7 which focuses on substances, SAWS’s order 53 focuses on chemical products which include both substances and mixtures. A product requires registration if:
- It is listed in the Catalog of Hazardous Chemicals; or;
- It is not listed but identified as hazardous based on available data;
For a chemical product with unknown hazards (a chemical outside of the Catalog), hazard identification needs to be conducted by qualified institutes as required by SAWS’s order 60 for physic-chemical identification and classification. If the product is identified as hazardous, registration will be required.
Note: Technical speaking, all chemicals meeting GHS hazard classification (excluding certain hazard categories such as acute toxicity 5) will require registrations. The biggest loophole of SAWS’s order 53 is that there is no small quantity exemption for hazardous chemicals. Many companies have complained about this.
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