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Registration of Companies
Company registration in the EHS Notification and
Registration Scheme of the Department of Environment Malaysia is aimed solely
at manufacturers and importers of chemical substances and importers of
chemical substances as part of a mixture or finished product. Registration may
be required for companies belonging to the following categories:
1) The company is a manufacturer
of EHS and these EHS are used by the company or sourced by other companies
(local or overseas) down the supply chain, to trade or formulate/manufacture
chemical mixtures or products. Chemical industries involved only in the
manufacture of chemical mixtures or products using locally manufactured EHS
or imported EHS sourced from local suppliers as raw materials are not subject
to notification and registration of EHS.
2) The company is an importer of
individual EHS and/or chemical mixtures or finished products containing EHS as
constituents. Chemical companies involved only in the formulation,
distribution, retailing and use of EHS or EHS containing mixtures/products are
not subject to notification and registration of EHS.
Registration is required if the chemical
company categorized above also fulfills the following conditions:
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Importer or manufacturer of
individual substances
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Importer of substances as part
of a mixture or finished product
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- The substance is included in the
EHS Reference List
- The substance is not included in the EHS
Reference List but is classified as hazardous according to GHS
criteria as outlined in CLASS regulation/guidance document
- The substance is not exempted from notification
- The EHS is manufactured or imported
annually in amounts exceeding the defined tonnage trigger point and
covered by phase-in criteria (see Implementation)
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- The substance is included in the
EHS Reference List
- The substance is not included in the EHS
Reference List but is classified as hazardous according to GHS
criteria as outlined in CLASS regulation/guidance document
- The substance is not exempted from notification
- The cumulated annual amount of the EHS in
mixtures and/or products where the concentration of the substance
exceeds 1 % (0.1 % for carcinogenic substances, substances toxic to
reproduction, and category 1 and 2 mutagens) is above the defined
tonnage trigger point and covered by phase-in criteria (see Implementation)
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Department of Environment.