​Quebec issued an order respecting mandatory reporting of certain emissions of contaminants into the atmosphere. The order requires the emissions report for the current year to be made by the new operator, and the previous operator must provide the new operator with all the data required for the report for the period of the year for which the enterprise, facility, or establishment was under. The order went into effect on January 1, 2020. 

Additional Information:
http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=1&file=104200.pdf.

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France issued the Order of 17 July 2019 amending the Decree of 29 February 2016 on certain refrigerants and fluorinated greenhouse gases.

The July amendments specify procedures for the implementation of the permanent leak detection system in certain thermodynamic equipment. The order went into effect the day after its publication in the Official Journal.
 
Additional Information:
https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=00C2224B8E6BCEF9F03256646180B862.tplgfr24s_2?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000038969068&dateTexte=&oldAction=rechJO&categorieLien=id&idJO=JORFCONT000038969020. 

​If you are interested in EHS regulatory products for France, the Isosceles Group provides a number of tools covering this jurisdiction including: EHS Legal Registers, EHS Audit Checklists, EHS Audit Checklist Supplements, EHS Quarterly Regulatory Updates, and more. Please contact Brittany Palmer at 617.330.2800 or [email protected] for a customized quote.

New Zealand issued the Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Amendment Regulations 2019, amending the Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 2009.

​The Regulations update the default emissions factors for classes of mined or purchased natural gas to take account of changes in gas emissions and add the Radnor gas field to the classes of natural gas defined by reference to the field at which they are mined. The Amendment Regulations go into effect on January 1, 2020.
 
New Zealand also issued the Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Amendment Regulations 2019, amending the Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Regulations 2009. The Regulations introduce the refrigeration system of a shipping container into the definition of excluded goods. Excluded goods under regulation 8 are not subject to the threshold for the activity of exporting synthetic greenhouse gas. The Regulations go into effect on January 1, 2020. 
 
Additional Information:
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2019/0237/latest/LMS255937.html?search=ad_act%40regulation___2019___25_ac%40bn%40rc%40dn%40apub%40aimp%40bgov%40bloc%40bpri%40bmem%40rpub%40rimp_ac%40rc%40ainf%40anif%40aaif%40aase%40arep%40bcur%40rinf%40rnif%40raif%40rasm%40rrev_y_aw_se&p=1.

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2019/0236/latest/LMS256045.html?search=ad_act%40regulation___2019___25_ac%40bn%40rc%40dn%40apub%40aimp%40bgov%40bloc%40bpri%40bmem%40rpub%40rimp_ac%40rc%40ainf%40anif%40aaif%40aase%40arep%40bcur%40rinf%40rnif%40raif%40rasm%40rrev_y_aw_se&p=1.

If you are interested in EHS regulatory products for New Zealand, the Isosceles Group provides a number of tools covering this jurisdiction including: EHS Legal Registers, EHS Audit Checklists, EHS Audit Checklist Supplements, EHS Quarterly Regulatory Updates, and more. Please contact Brittany Palmer at 617.330.2800 or [email protected] for a customized quote.

Taiwan has issued the Regulations of Emergency Response Plan and Warning Notification for Air Polluting Accidents. The Plan requires the appropriate unit or personnel to use the air pollution emergency control substances in the table attached to the regulation to formulate an emergency response plan for air pollution emergencies and report it to the municipal, county (city) competent authority for verification and implementation. Within six months from the date of promulgation, September 9, 2019, private and public premises will complete the air pollution accident plan and report it in accordance with previous measures.
 
Additional Information:
​https://gazette.nat.gov.tw/egFront/detail.do?metaid=109834&log=detailLog.