🌍 Global Material Compliance Playbook (2025 Edition)
Your country-by-country guide to product compliance regulations for hazardous substances, waste, PFAS, and more
✅ What’s This About?
In today’s complex supply chains, material compliance is non-negotiable. From PFAS restrictions in the U.S. to REACH notifications in the EU and chemical taxes in Sweden, every product is under scrutiny.
To help manufacturers, importers, and compliance teams, we’ve mapped the key substance and product regulations in every country. Whether you sell in Europe, Asia, Africa, or the Americas—this guide shows what applies, where, and why.
📦 What Is Covered?
We grouped more than 40 different material-compliance regulations into 6 practical categories:
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🔍 Focus Area |
🌐 Examples |
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🧪 Substance Restrictions |
RoHS, REACH Annex XVII, POPs, TSCA §6(h), PFAS bans |
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📋 Substance Declarations |
REACH SVHC, SCIP, CRMA, TSCA PFAS Reporting, Canada Chemical Act |
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🛑 Product Taxes or Bans |
Swedish Chemical Tax, China RoHS, Triman Logo |
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♻️ Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) |
EU/UK WEEE, Batteries, Packaging, Kenya CAP 387 |
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⚓ Sector-Specific Rules |
Ships (IMO), Biocides, Mercury (Minamata), Ozone (Montreal Protocol) |
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⚠️ Emerging Risks |
PFAS (US + EU), Critical Raw Materials, Digital Product Passports |
🌍 World Map: Material Compliance by Region
🇪🇺 Europe & EEA (+UK)
Full EU regulatory stack applies in all 30+ countries:
🟢 EU RoHS · 🟣 REACH SVHC · 🔶 Annex XVII · 📂 SCIP · 🧪 POP · 🔋 Battery Reg. · 📦 Packaging Reg. · 🌐 CRMA · ♻️ WEEE · 🧾 Waste Reporting · ☣️ Biocides · 🧿 Ozone · 🧭 Mercury · ☢️ Radioactivity
Special National Add-Ons:
- 🇫🇷 France: Triman Logo, AGEC Law
- 🇩🇪 Germany: PAH limits (GS-Mark), Formaldehyde (ChemVerbotsV)
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: Swedish Chemical Tax
- 🇬🇧 UK: UK RoHS, UK WEEE (legacy of EU system)
🧭 Eurasian Economic Union & Eastern Europe
Applies in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
📋 EU RoHS + 🌐 EAEU-RoHS + 🧪 POP + 🧾 Waste Reporting + 🧭 Mercury + ☢️ Radioactivity
🕌 Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
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🌍 Country |
✅ Key Rules |
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia RoHS, POP, Waste, Mercury |
🇹🇷 Turkey |
Turkey RoHS, POP, Waste |
🇦🇪 🇧🇭 🇰🇼 🇶🇦 🇴🇲 |
EU-style RoHS, POP, Waste, ODS |
🇪🇬 Egypt |
EU RoHS, Battery, Packaging, POP |
Other MENA countries implement:
🟢 EU RoHS + 🧪 POP + 🧾 Waste + 🧭 Mercury + ☢️ Radioactivity
🌍 Sub-Saharan Africa
Almost all African countries listed apply:
🟢 EU RoHS + 🧪 POP + 🧾 Waste + 🧭 Mercury + ☢️ Radioactivity
🌟 Kenya adds: CAP 387 – National e-waste law
🌏 Asia-Pacific
|
Country |
National Specifics |
🇨🇳 China |
China RoHS (2-tier system) |
🇮🇳 India |
India RoHS (BIS registration) |
🇯🇵 Japan |
Japan RoHS (J-Moss table mandatory) |
🇸🇬 Singapore |
Singapore RoHS |
🇻🇳 Vietnam |
Vietnam RoHS (draft update) |
🇹🇼 Taiwan |
Taiwan RoHS |
🇰🇷 South Korea |
EU RoHS + POP (local EPR rules not in data) |
Remaining APAC countries (🇹🇭 🇲🇾 🇵🇭 etc.):
🟢 EU RoHS + 🧪 POP + Waste + Mercury + ODS
🇺🇸 North America
🇺🇸 United States
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🏛️ Federal Regulations |
📜 Description |
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🟢 EU-style RoHS |
Informal baseline for electronics safety |
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🧪 TSCA §6(h) |
Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) bans (e.g., DecaBDE, PIP 3:1) |
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🧬 TSCA §8(a)(7) |
Nationwide PFAS reporting obligation — first report due 2026 |
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☣️ POP Regulation |
Implemented via EPA hazardous substance bans |
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🧾 WEEE-style EPR |
No federal EPR, but state-level only (see below) |
🗺️ State-Level PFAS & Chemical Laws
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🏙️ State |
⚠️ Regulation |
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🇺🇸 California |
⚠️ Prop 65 – Mandatory hazard labeling for over 900 substances (including PFAS) |
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🇺🇸 Maine |
⚠️ PFAS Product Reporting — Ban on PFAS-containing products by 2030; notification required now |
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🇺🇸 Minnesota |
⚠️ PFAS Disclosure Law – Reporting required for all products from 2025 |
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🇺🇸 New Mexico |
⚠️ PFAS Water Protection Act – Under HB164 (2023), restricts PFAS in firefighting foam and sets stage for broader bans in consumer goods, including textiles and packaging; additional reporting framework expected soon |
🇨🇦 Canada
- 🧪 CEPA (Canada Chemicals Act)
- 🌱 Plastic Registry Reporting
- 🧾 Waste, 🧭 Mercury, ☢️ Radioactivity
🌎 Latin America & Caribbean
Countries from 🇦🇷 Argentina to 🇻🇪 Venezuela all follow this base:
🟢 EU RoHS + 🧪 POP + 🧾 Waste + 🧭 Mercury + ☢️ Radioactivity
❗ No national RoHS or REACH-equivalents listed
🏝️ Island Nations & Oceania
(Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Micronesia, etc.)
🟢 EU RoHS + 🧪 POP + 🧾 Waste + 🧭 Mercury + ☢️ Radioactivity
⚓ International Maritime & Sector-Specific Rules
|
⚓ Rule |
Applies To |
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📃 Material Declaration for Ships |
IMO Hong Kong Convention, EU Ship Recycling |
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🌫️ Minamata Convention |
Mercury phase-out (globally ratified) |
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🌪️ Ozone-Depleting Substances |
Montreal Protocol (global) |
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☢️ Radioactive Substances |
IAEA & dual-use controls |
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🧫 EU Biocide Regulation |
Applied in full EU + EEA |
📌 Summary: What You Need to Do
🔁 One BOM, global clearance.
Start with the strictest overlapping rule (EU REACH + RoHS + WEEE) for global coverage.
📊 Centralized substance tracking.
Use software, not spreadsheets, to track SVHC, POPs, PFAS, and critical raw materials.
♻️ EPR numbers ≠ optional.
Track and store your local WEEE/Battery/Packaging registration numbers.
🏷️ Label like a pro.
Combine Triman, Saudi Conformity, CE, UKCA, and Japan’s J-Moss labels where needed.
🧭 Stay ahead.
Don’t wait for enforcement letters. New PFAS, CRMA, and Digital Passport rules will reshape compliance by 2027.
💡 Need Help?
ComplyMarket transforms this global tangle into clean, actionable reports—telling you what applies where, what needs to be declared, and when to update documentation.
🔗 Get in touch with us to automate compliance, supplier outreach, and market entry.
🔁 One BOM, global clearance.
Start with the strictest overlapping rule (EU REACH + RoHS + WEEE) for global coverage.
📊 Centralized substance tracking.
Use software, not spreadsheets, to track SVHC, POPs, PFAS, and critical raw materials.
♻️ EPR numbers ≠ optional.
Track and store your local WEEE/Battery/Packaging registration numbers.
🏷️ Label like a pro.
Combine Triman, Saudi Conformity, CE, UKCA, and Japan’s J-Moss labels where needed.
🧭 Stay ahead.
Don’t wait for enforcement letters. New PFAS, CRMA, and Digital Passport rules will reshape compliance by 2027.
💡 Need Help?
ComplyMarket transforms this global tangle into clean, actionable reports—telling you what applies where, what needs to be declared, and when to update documentation.
🔗 Get in touch with us to automate compliance, supplier outreach, and market entry.
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