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Inorganic chemicals; Organic chemicals – China

Official title

Measures on the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (Revised Draft for Comments)

China notified a revised version of this proposed TBT measure on 1 July 2026. The measure was first notified on 2 September 2019. The comment period closed on 30 August 2026.

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At a glance

Products

New chemical substances

HS codes
  • 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; of rare earth metals, of radio-active elements and of isotopes
    • 28 INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES
  • 29 · Organic chemicals
    • 29
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of the environment
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/1351Latest notice: G/TBT/N/CHN/1351/Rev.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 30 August 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 30 August 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHN/1351/Rev.1; it can take them up with China.

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What the notification says

Enterprises and public institutions that produce or import new chemical substances shall apply to the competent department of ecology and environment under the State Council for a registration certificate. This Measure mainly stipulates the legislative purpose, scope of application, registration procedures and requirements, processing time limits, requirements for the alteration, cancellation, and revocation of registration certificates, post-registration tracking management, legal liabilities, definitions of key terms, and transitional policies.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. RevisionG/TBT/N/CHN/1351/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 30 August 2026

    Measures on the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (Revised Draft for Comments)

    Enterprises and public institutions that produce or import new chemical substances shall apply to the competent department of ecology and environment under the State Council for a registration certificate. This Measure mainly stipulates the legislative purpose, scope of application, registration procedures and requirements, processing time limits, requirements for the alteration, cancellation, and revocation of registration certificates, post-registration tracking management, legal liabilities, definitions of key terms, and transitional policies.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  2. AddendumG/TBT/N/CHN/1351/Add.1

    Measures on the Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances (Notification Draft)

    Enterprises that produce or import new chemical substances shall be registered or filed before production or import. New chemical substances that are not registered or filed are not allowed to be researched, produced, imported, processed and used.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document 1 (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)

  3. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CHN/1351

    Comment deadline: Closed on 1 November 2019

    Measures on the Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances (Notification Draft)

    Enterprises that produce or import new chemical substances shall be registered or filed before producting or importing. New chemical substances without registration or filing are prohibited in research production importation and processing.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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