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Information on PRTR, MSDS

	2008/06/20		"REPORTED PRTR DATA 2005:COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS" is now available.
	2008/06/20		"2005 PRTR DATA REPORT, JAPAN" is now available.
	2007/01/15		"REPORTED PRTR DATA 2004:COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS" is now available.
	2007/01/15		"2004 PRTR DATA REPORT, JAPAN" is now available.
	2005/10/11		"COMPARISON OF REPORTED PRTR DATA 2001-2003 IN JAPAN" is now available.
	2005/08/24		"2003 PRTR DATA REPORT, JAPAN" is now available.
	2005/04/11		PRTR Estimation Manuals are revised and updated.

  The revised cabinet order for PRTR System and MSDS System was published on November 21st, 2008.
   See more information.

Activities Related to the Law for PRTR and Promotion of Chemical Management

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PRTR System and MSDS System

" The law concerning reporting, etc. of the release to the environment of specific chemical substances and promoting improvement in their management" ("Law for PRTR and Promotion of Chemical Management" or "Kakan-Ho" in Japanese) was enacted in 1999 in Japan. The purpose of this law is to promote businesses' voluntary improvements in the management of specific chemical substances and to prevent any environmental protection impediments. This law requires businesses to report chemical substances of concern under the PRTR System and to provide information on them under the MSDS System.

The PRTR system is a system that (i) requires businesses handling chemical substances potentially harmful to the environment to estimate the volume of chemical substances released and transferred in waste, and to report these estimated volumes to their local governments, and (ii) ensures that the national government then compiles data submitted and makes the results available to the general public.

The MSDS system is a system that requires businesses intending to transfer or supply designated chemical substances to other parties to provide information on the properties and how to handle them.

NITE, acting as the sole PRTR system implementer, has been developing systems for collecting, processing, and integrating PRTR data from industry reports. To carry out this objective, the PRTR Support Center was formed within NITE. This center also carries out various activities such as: (i) providing information on the PRTR and MSDS systems, and (ii) ensuring quick responses from specialists for both technical and practical inquiries made by the parties concerned including industries.

Contact Us

Chemical Management Center
National Institute of Technology and Evaluation

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