ONE-STOP E-SERVICE FOR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE BUSINESS PLANNED
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The Department of Industrial Works will pilot within this year the one-stop e-service channel for those seeking a permit to do business involving hazardous substances. The move is aimed at cutting red tape and improving the country’s competitiveness.
The channel will link six state agencies: the departments of Industrial Works, Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock Development and Energy, as well as the Food and Drug Administration.
Applicants can request to register the hazardous substance, produce such a substance, or import and export the substance. Currently they have to go to each of these state agencies to make the requests.
In the future the channel will be the centre of information, providing a list of over 1,500 hazardous items, chemical information, as part of its promotion of knowledge to the general public and the companies in the related business.
–The Nation
