The European Commission has issued Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of December 19, 2018 on the Monitoring and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012. This Implementing Regulation lays down rules for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and activity data pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC in the trading period of the Union emissions trading system.
 
This Regulation shall apply to the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions specified in relation to the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC and activity data from stationary installations, from aviation activities, and to the monitoring and reporting of ton-kilometer data from aviation activities.
 
The Implementing Regulation covers the trading period commencing on January 1, 2021 and subsequent trading periods.
 
Additional information: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32018R2066&from=EN. 

In a recent letter, a major chemical industry alliance warned that the total cost for companies submitting full data packages for UK REACH, under a no-deal Brexit scenario, could be as much as £1bn. The UK parliament is due to vote on the withdrawal agreement in the near future, with many Members of Parliament saying they will reject the deal. If it fails to pass, the no-deal scenario could become a reality and have far-reaching effects for businesses and the public in general. 

Three persistent organic pollutants (POPs) will be subject to tightened regulation under Taiwan’s Toxic Chemical Substance Control Act. On November 6, 2018, the EPA proposed an update the Taiwan’s Toxic Chemical Substance List. These additions include:
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• Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs); (CAS: 85535-84-8),
• Decabromobiphenyl ether (CAS: 1163-19-5); and
• Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (CAS: 87-68-3).