South Korea Regulatory News

Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) in South Korea updates the Standards for Classification and Labeling of Chemical Substances and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on Feb 16th, 2023. This is to...

Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) in South Korea updates the Standards for Classification and Labeling of Chemical Substances and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on Feb 16^th, 2023. This is to improve the problems that occurred while implementing preliminary review for alternative contents of MSDS.

The main updates are:

• Addition of the definition of manufacturer: A person who directly plans (performance/function, designing raw material composition, etc) a chemical substance or mixture, and consigning it to another manufacturer to produce it under their name for the purpose of direct use or transfer/provision
• If the consignor submits MSDS or applies for non-disclosure approval, and is notified of the result, the submitted MSDS or the notified result of the non-disclosure approval should be provided to the consignee.

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea extends the deadline for the public consultation on the draft list of substances subject to permission under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of ...

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea extends the deadline for the public consultation on the draft list of substances subject to permission under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH). The MOE published 11 potential substances subject to permission on Novebmer 23^rd, 2022.

These substances subject to permission are:

Additionally, they are going to publish hazard information and other relevant data on December 12^th, 2022. This would include 1) hazard information, 2) main use and exposure information, 3) distribution volume in Korea, 4) types of people who may be exposed in the process of handling chemicals and etc.

If you have any opinion on this draft, please write your opinion and submit it via www.chemnavi.or.kr.

The deadline for the public consultation opens is Feb 28^th, 2023.

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-RE...

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on Dec 21^st, 2022.

The updates on chemical substance names are of the following 347 substances:

The main updates on new substances are as follow:

1) Updates on chemical substance name, etc: "2015-84", "2016-15", "2016-284", "2017-169", and "2021-87"

2) Removal of chemical substance: "2015-45"

3) Updates on hazard information: "2016-87", "2016-153", "2016-196", "2016-235", "2016-502", "2016-540", "2016-668", "2016-990", "2017-245", "2017-448", "2017-450", "2017-490", "2017-952", "2018-175", "2018-260", "2018-533", "2018-694", "2019-107", "2019-348", "2019-889", "2020-170", "2020-176", "2020-223", "2020-229", "2021-19", "2021-61", "2021-161", "2022-43", "2022-122", "2022-131", "2022-134", "2022-149", "2022-161", and "2022-162"

4) Addition of chemical substances: from "2022-224" to "2022-279"

The main updates on existing substances are as follow:

1) Updates on unique number: "2020-020", "2021-058", and "2021-166"

2) Updates on toxic substance unique number: "2022-207", "2022-208", "2022-209", "2022-210", "2022-211", "2022-212", "2022-213", "2022-214", "2022-215", "2022-216", "2022-218", "2022-219", "2022-220", "2022-221", and "2022-222"

3) Updates on hazard information: "2021-051", "2021-052", "2021-053", "2021-054", "2021-069", "2021-088", "2021-094", "2021-115", "2022-203", "2022-204", "2022-205", and "2022-207"

4) Addition of chemical substances: from "2022-312" to "2022-338"

The amendment came into effect immediately.

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updates the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on Jan 3rd, 2023. This is to clarify requirement of the notification of changes f...

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updates the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on Jan 3^rd, 2023. This is to clarify requirement of the notification of changes for the substances subject to intensive control, and regulate succession of rights and duties for reported substances subject to intensive control.

The main updates are:

• Notification of changes for the substances subject to intensive control before Jan 31^st of the following year of the occurrence if any of the following changes:
  • Newly manufactured or imported product with the content of substances subject to intensive control over 0.1 weight percent per product
  • Weight percent
  • Exposure information of substances subject to intensive control
  • Use of substances subject to intensive control
  • Content of substances subject to intensive control
  • Other matters specified by the MoE
• Report succession of rights and duties for reported substances subject to intensive control within one month for the following cases:
  • A person made report/ registration/ exemption dies or transfers the business
  • A corporate merger of manufacturer and importer

The amendment will come into effect from Jan 4^th, 2024.

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updated the ‘Enforcement Decree of the Chemical Control Act (CCA)’ on November 15th, 2022. This update is mainly on import reporting procedures for...

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updated the ‘Enforcement Decree of the Chemical Control Act (CCA)’ on November 15^th, 2022. This update is mainly on import reporting procedures for substances categorized as both restricted substances and toxic substances.

Before the update, if a substance categorized as both restricted substances and toxic substances, importers of the substance should get import permit for restricted substances (based on CCA Article 20-1) and import reporting for toxic substances (based on CCA Article 20-2), respectively. After the amendment, if importers get import permit for restricted substances, it can be exempted from import reporting for toxic substances. This is to reduce the burden on chemical importers from dual import procedure.

The amendment came into effect immediately.

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the ‘Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of C...

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the ‘Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and the Chemicals Control Act (CCA) on December 7^th, 2022.

The main updates are:

• Revision of toxic substances: substances with unique number “97-1-91”, “97-1-92”, “97-1-271”, “97-1-311”, “97-1-315”, “97-1-334”, “97-1-345”, “97-1-436”, “97-1-451”, “97-1-472”, “99-1-499”, “2000-1-509”, “2001-1-515”, “2001-1-516” and “2008-1-577”
• Addition of toxic substances: substances with unique number from “2022-1-1096” to “2022-1-1109”
• Revision of restricted substances: substances with unique number “06-5-5”, “06-5-6” and “06-5-10”
• Revision of substances requiring preparation for accidents: substances with unique number “1”

The amendment came into effect immediately.

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Designation of toxic substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and Chemica...

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Designation of toxic substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and Chemical Control Act (CCA) on December 7^th, 2022.

The main updates are:

• Revision of chemical substance name: substances with unique number “97-1-91”, “97-1-92”, “97-1-271”, “97-1-311”, “97-1-315”, “97-1-334”, “97-1-345”, “97-1-436”, “97-1-451”, “97-1-472”, “99-1-499”, “2000-1-509”, “2001-1-515”, “2001-1-516” and “2008-1-577”
• Addition of chemical substances: substances with unique number from “2022-1-1096” to “2022-1-1109”

The amendment will come into effect in a month. However, ‘Handling standards of hazardous chemicals’ and ‘Preparation and submission of chemical accident prevention management plan’ under the Chemicals Control Act will be implemented in 3 months. In addition to this, ‘Arrangement, installation and management standards of handling facilities’ and ‘Hazardous chemical business license’ under the Chemicals Control Act will be implemented from January 1^st, 2025.