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Introduction to the whole process of hazardous chemicals registration in China

Release time:

2020-06-03 11:31

Quietly, half of 2020 has passed, and with the revival of various industries, the safety of the chemical industry has once again returned to people's view. In the past few years, safety accidents in the chemical industry have emerged one after another, which has sounded a heavy alarm for the entire industry. Regardless of the economic operation of the industry or the safety and environmental protection situation, they are facing severe challenges, and they are also under tremendous pressure from public opinion. In 2019 alone, the top ten safety accidents in the chemical industry caused 112 deaths and 717 injuries. Behind these bloody figures, I tell you to understand the safety regulations of the company's hazardous chemicals in the production, storage, use, operation, transportation, disposal and other links, so that you have a clear idea!!

For the hazardous chemicals to be produced and imported, the first thing to do is to register the hazardous chemicals. The purpose is to master the hazardous characteristics of the hazardous chemicals themselves, the safety requirements for storage, use, and transportation, and emergency response measures for dangerous situations. This small series to introduce China's hazardous chemicals registration related content.

Overview of Hazardous Chemicals Registration

The Measures for the Registration and Administration of Hazardous Chemicals (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) were deliberated and adopted at the director's office meeting of the State Administration of Work Safety on May 21, 2012, promulgated by Order No. 53 of the State Administration of Work Safety on July 1, 2012, and shall come into force on August 1, 2012. According to the new Measures, hazardous chemical production enterprises and import enterprises shall register hazardous chemicals with the local safety production supervision and management department responsible for hazardous chemical registration, and obtain a hazardous chemical registration certificate before they can produce or import hazardous chemicals. import.

 

Scope of registration of hazardous chemicals

According to Articles 2 and 21 of the Measures for the Registration and Administration of Hazardous Chemicals, there are two types of chemicals that need to be registered:

Chemicals listed in the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2015 Edition);

Not listed in the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2015 Edition) but identified as hazardous chemicals.

Note: What needs to be registered is the product as a whole, including substances or mixtures.

 

Types of hazardous chemicals registered enterprises

According to Article 2 of the Measures for the Registration and Administration of Hazardous Chemicals, hazardous chemical production enterprises and import enterprises need to register.

1) Hazardous chemical production enterprises

Newly-built production enterprises shall go through the registration of hazardous chemicals before the completion and acceptance.

2) Importing enterprises of hazardous chemicals

The import enterprise shall go through the registration of hazardous chemicals before the first import. Importing enterprises are divided into trade type and use type, trade type is the direct sale of imported products; use type is to import dangerous goods as raw materials to engage in the production activities of the enterprise.

The "Administrative Measures for the Registration of Hazardous Chemicals" (Order No. 53) proposes that if the same enterprise produces or imports the same variety of hazardous chemicals, it shall be registered once according to the production enterprise, but relevant information on imported hazardous chemicals shall be submitted.

If a production enterprise or an import enterprise imports the same variety of dangerous chemicals of the same manufacturer for many times, it shall only register once.

 

Registration of Hazardous Chemicals

The registration of hazardous chemicals is submitted in two parts: online electronic registration and paper materials. Electronic registration includes:

(I) classification and labeling information, including hazard categories, pictograms, warning words, hazard statements, precautionary statements, etc. of hazardous chemicals;

(II) physical and chemical properties, including physical properties such as appearance and properties, solubility, melting point and boiling point of hazardous chemicals, and chemical properties such as flash point, explosion limit, spontaneous combustion temperature and decomposition temperature;

The main use of the (III), including the legitimate use, prohibited or restricted use of the product recommend by the enterprise;

(IV) hazardous characteristics, including the physical, environmental and toxicological properties of hazardous chemicals;

(V) the safety requirements for storage, use and transportation, among which the safety requirements for storage include the requirements for building conditions, warehouse conditions, safety conditions, environmental health conditions, temperature and humidity conditions, and the safety requirements for use include the operating conditions during use, protective measures for operators, and control measures for hazards on the use site, the safety requirements of transportation include the requirements for transportation or transportation mode, the means of transmitting hazard information to relevant transportation personnel, and the safety measures during loading and unloading and transportation;

Emergency treatment measures for (VI) dangerous situations, including emergency treatment methods for chemical accidents such as fire, explosion, leakage, poisoning, suffocation and burns during the production, use, storage and transportation of hazardous chemicals, and emergency consultation service telephone number.

When a registered enterprise handles the registration of hazardous chemicals, it is required to submit the following paper materials and is responsible for the authenticity of its contents:

 

Registration form of (I) hazardous chemicals in 2/3 copies (specific requirements for different regions);

One copy of the industrial and commercial business license of the (II) production enterprise, the registration form of the foreign trade operator of the import enterprise, the qualification certificate of the the People's Republic of China import and export enterprise, the approval certificate of the the People's Republic of China foreign-invested enterprise or the approval certificate of the Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese investment enterprise;

(III) 1 copy of chemical safety technical instructions and chemical safety labels that are consistent with the hazardous chemicals produced and imported and in line with national standards;

(IV) one copy of the emergency consultation service telephone number or the power of attorney for emergency consultation service that meets the requirements of Article 22 of these Measures;

(V) registered hazardous chemical product standards (national standards or industrial standards are adopted, the adopted standard number shall be provided).

 

Hazardous Chemical Registration Process

(1) The registered enterprise applies through the hazardous chemicals registration information management system.

(2) The registration office shall conduct a preliminary examination of the application submitted by the registered enterprise, and if the application meets the conditions, notify the registration center through the registration system for review and examination; after all the information is approved, the "registration form" can be downloaded and printed to apply to the local registration office for registration.

(3) After all the information submitted by the registered enterprise in the hazardous chemicals registration information management system has been approved, when modifying the information, it is necessary to submit an application for registration change. After the application is approved, the information of the original account number of the enterprise can be unlocked after the information is submitted, and the modification authority can be obtained. The information resubmitted by the registered enterprise needs to be reviewed. After all the information is approved, the "registration form" can be downloaded and printed ".

(4) After receiving the notice from the registration office, the registration enterprise shall truthfully fill in the registration contents in the registration system in accordance with the relevant requirements, and submit the relevant paper registration materials to the registration office.

 

Hazardous chemicals audit time

 

(1) The registration office shall, within 20 working days from the date of receiving the registration materials of the registered enterprise, examine the registration materials and contents item by item, and if necessary, conduct on-site verification. If it meets the requirements, submit the registration materials to the registration center; if it does not meet the requirements, inform the registered enterprise through the registration system and explain the reasons.

(2) The registration center shall, within 15 working days from the date of receipt of the registration materials submitted by the registration office, examine the registration materials and registration contents, and if they meet the requirements, issue a hazardous chemical registration certificate to the registered enterprise through the registration office; if they do not meet the requirements, inform the registration office and the registered enterprise through the registration system and explain the reasons.

(3) The time required for the registration enterprise to amend the registration materials and rectify the problems shall not be counted within the time limit specified in the preceding paragraph.

 

OUR SERVICES

1. Registration System Enterprise User Registration

2. Communicate with the registration authority before registration

3. Preparation and submission of hazardous chemicals registration materials

These include

(1) Screening of hazardous chemicals, highly toxic chemicals, non-pharmaceutical precursor chemicals, explosive precursor chemicals and key regulatory hazardous chemicals

(2) Physicochemical, toxicological and ecotoxicity data retrieval and collection

(3) Safety conditions and risk control measures for storage and transportation of hazardous chemicals

(4) Emergency measures for leakage, fire and poisoning accidents

(4) Preparation or revision of SDS and safety labels

(5) Assist the reporting enterprise to sign a 24-hour emergency rescue consulting service agreement with the NRCC or local registration office

4. Preparation and submission of application for change materials

5. Follow-up communication with the registration authority

 

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