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K-BPR: What are impacts of the South Korea’s Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Management Law amendments to the industry?

Jan-01-1970 K-BPR OR Biocides

The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocide Safety Act amendment, often known as K-BPR, was promulgated on 24 March, and 26 May 2020 and will be enforced on 1 January 2021. The following section outlin...

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K-REACH: Pre-announcement of legislation amendment

Jan-01-1970

To reduce negative impacts from COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) plans to skip some documents required for new chemical substance registration from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 20...

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K-REACH: 332 substances require prompt CICO establishment

Jan-01-1970 K-REACH Registration Chemical notification/registration

A South Korea’s industry support group published a list of 332 substances that require prompt CICO establishment. These substances are the cases where pre-registrants of a concerning chemical ha...

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K-REACH: Polymer Registration

Jan-01-1970 K-REACH Chemical notification/registration OR Registration

Unlike EU-REACH, K-REACH requires manufacturers and importers to register polymers. Based on definitions and scope of polymer registration specified in K-REACH, they shall either register manufactured...

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Toys: South Korea restrictions on heavy metals and phthalates in children’s products

Jan-01-1970 Children's products Hazardous chemicals Permitted or restricted actives

South Korea restricts the contents of Heavy metals, Phthalates, and Nitrosamines in children’s products since 4 June 2020. As a result, manufacturer and importer of children’s products sho...

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K-BPR: 115 K-BPR chemical substances for a simplified approval

Jan-01-1970 K-BPR Chemical authorzation biocides

South Korean government published a list of 115 chemical substances where a simplified approval process is applicable. These 115 substances are active biocidal substances that were already approved un...

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