How Are You REGULATED? Lubricant manufacturers face varying levels of enforcement

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Members of the lubricant industry face regulatory enforcement on multiple fronts,from a national level down to the local fire marshal.Globally,social interest and priorities vary among countries,which can affect how those regulations are enforced.Meeting International Requirements In several countries,the first line of enforcement takes place right as products enter.James Eggenschwiler,director of global trade for The Redstone Group,said that method is becoming more common."Most Asian countries are adopting some form of requirement for the importer to provide evidence that all of the substances they're intending to import are eligible to be in the country,”he said."Not every jurisdiction has it.Europe doesn't,but they're probably going to change it.”Currently,in Korea,pre-registrations are taking place as part of K~REACH."The pre-registration is a beginning document that lets a regulator know that this chemical is coming into the country and is going to be re-reregistered pursuant to the new law when the window opens for that window of registration to occur,”Eggenschwiler said.Depending on the annual volume associated with the chemical,that window might not be open for seven to eight years,based on how Korea is staging the registrations."You have to have the pre-registrations in place within the first six months of this year in order to continue your shipments until your registration date comes.If you don't do that,you can't put that chemical to Korea until registration opens,”he explained.