South Korea to Update the Requirements for New Chemical Substances Registration under K-REACH

Jan 23, 2024 from CIRS by CIRS

South Korea is to revise its Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (known as K-REACH). The amendments were approved by South Korea's National Assembly on January 9, 2024.

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Main Changes		Proposed Implementation Time
1	The tonnage of new chemical substances notification is adjusted from "below 0.1t/y" to "below 1t/y".	One and a half years after the release of the K-REACH Amendments (the specific date to be determined after the announcement).
2	Disclose the notification information of new chemical substances below 1tpa. For CBI substances, the generic names should be disclosed.
3	New chemical substances below 1t/y will be reviewed. Any new chemical substance will be regarded as hazardous and regulated as hazardous chemicals when it is hard to tell whether the substance is safe.

The revised K-REACH has not been enforced yet.

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