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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/SGP/72

Notification No.

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Title

Environmental Protection and Management Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2024

Objective

Protection of human health or safety (TBT)

Product Covered

HS Heading Description  32081020Anti-fouling or anti-corrosive paints for ships' hulls based on polyesters in non-aqueous medium 32081090  Other paints based on polyesters in non-aqueous medium & solutions 32082040  Anti-fouling or anti-corrosive paints of acrylic or vinyl polymers in non-aqueous medium for ship hull 32082090Other paints & varnishes in non-aqueous medium & solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers 32089030  Anti-fouling or anti-corrosive paints for ships' hulls based on other polymers in non-aqueous medium 32089090  Other paints in non-aqueous medium & solutions based on other polymers 32091050 Anti-fouling or anti-corrosive paints of acrylic or vinyl polymers in aqueous medium for ships hulls 32091090 Other paints & varnishes of acrylic or vinyl polymers in aqueous medium 32099000 Other paints & varnishes of synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers in aqueous medium 32100091 Anti-fouling or anti-corrosive paints for ships hulls 32100099 Other paints & varnishes

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321000 - Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels, lacquers and distempers (excl. those based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers that are dispersed or dissolved in a medium); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather; 320990 - Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (excl. those based on acrylic or vinyl polymers); 320910 - Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium; 320890 - Paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. those based on polyesters and acrylic or vinyl polymers and solutions of collodion); 320820 - Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight; 320810 - Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on polyesters in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight

ICSCODE

87.040 - Paints and varnishes; 87.060 - Paint ingredients

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Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) is proposing to regulate formaldehyde in paints as a hazardous substance under the Environmental Protection and Management Act. Once the regulations take effect:The import, manufacture, and/or sale of interior paints containing equal to or more than 0.01% weight in weight of formaldehyde will be prohibited in Singapore, unless such interior paints are imported or manufactured for export or re-export purposes. In such cases, companies will be required to apply for a Hazardous Substances (HS) licence from NEA.The import, manufacture, and/or sale of paints for outdoor or industrial use, containing equal to or more than 0.01% weight in weight of formaldehyde will be required to comply with the relevant labelling requirements. The labelling requirements would not apply to paints which are imported or manufactured for export or re-export purposes. Accordingly, importers and manufacturers of interior paints would have to submit test reports to NEA, upon request, substantiating that the measured total in-can formaldehyde content in each interior paint product is less than 0.01% weight in weight. Such test reports would have to be prepared by accredited laboratories, such as those accredited by accreditation bodies which are signatories to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement (ILAC MRA).

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