Six Mandatory National Standards of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Become Effective in 2020
To carry out the requirements of Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening Ecological Environment Protection and Resolutely Fighting Pollution Prevention and Control and Circular of the State Council on Issuing the Three-year Action Plan for Winning the Battle for a Blue Sky and implement 13th Five-Year Plan for the Prevention and Control of Volatile Organic Pollutants, on March 4th, 2020, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and Standardization Administration Commission (SAC) approved and released a number of compulsory national standards involving limitation of quantity of VOCs in coating, adhesive, ink and cleaning agent. The main content of the six standards of coating, adhesive, ink and cleaning agent involved in this update are as follows:
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Standard No. & Name
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Regulated Substances
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Alternative/New Standard
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Effective Date
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GB 18581-2020
Limits of harmful substances of woodenware coatings
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Total content of VOCs, formaldehyde, heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury), MACHs, glycol ether and ether ester, PAHS, free diisocyanate (TDI and HDI), methanol, halogenated hydrocarbons, phthalates, APEO
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GB 18581-2009
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GB 24410-2009
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December 1, 2020
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GB 18582-2020
Limit of harmful substances of architectural wall coatings
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Total content of VOCs, formaldehyde, heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury), MACHs, glycol ether and ether ester, PAHS, APEO
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GB 18582-2008
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GB 24408-2009
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December 1, 2020
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GB 30981-2020
Limit of harmful substances of industrial protective coatings
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Total content of VOCs, MACHs, halogenated hydrocarbons, formaldehyde, glycol ether and ether ester, heavy metals (Lead, cadmium, mercury, Cr(VI))
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GB 30981-2014
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December 1, 2020
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GB 33372-2020
Limit of volatile organic compounds content in adhesive
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Total content of VOCs, MACHs, halogenated hydrocarbons, TDI, free formaldehyde
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GB 33372-2016
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December 1, 2020
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GB 38507-2020
Limits of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in printing ink
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Total VOCs content, prohibited solvents (halogenated hydrocarbons and solvents listed in Appendix A)
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New standard
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April 1, 2021
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GB 38508-2020
Limits for volatile organic compounds content in cleaning agents
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Total content of VOCs, formaldehyde, halogenated hydrocarbons, MACHs
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New standard
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December 1, 2020
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The implementation of the above-mentioned six standards will bring new challenges to manufacturers and supply chain enterprises of coating, adhesive, ink and cleaning agent. Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. To help companies effectively respond to the challenges, Intertek has taken the lead in building the capacity of supervising and controlling substance tests to help the products of the companies meet the standards.
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