The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a six-country trade bloc, plans to adopt the UN's Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for classifying and labeling chemicals. In October 2019, Gulf Standards Organization (GSO), the representative standards body for GCC, published a draft to align its six member countries with the fifth revised edition of GHS.

The six countries include Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar. Each country must transpose the GHS standard into legislation which is projected to take two to three years. 
 
If you are interested in EHS regulatory products for the Middle East, the Isosceles Group provides a number of tools covering these jurisdictions 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.

The European Commission has a feedback period for a Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures as regards information relating to emergency health response. The amendments would change Annex VIII on emergency health response to clarify the text and extend the first compliance deadline by one year to January 1, 2021. The feedback period closed on August 19, 2019. 
 
Additional Information:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2019-4744568_en.

If you are interested in EHS regulatory products for the European Union, 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.