South Korea partially revises the Regulations on Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

2023-11-23 Reference source : NIER

Labelling South Korea Toxic substances Amendment

On November 17, 2023, the National Institute for Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea published a partial amendment to the “Regulations on Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.” This amendment will take effect from the date of notification.

The key changes in this partial amendment include:

Revised Toxic Substances:

15 toxic substances, 2 restricted substances, and 6 substances requiring preparation for accidents have been updated.
The chemical names of these substances have been modified, and specific requirements regarding import declaration, business license, labeling of hazardous chemicals, and transitional measures have been established for the newly designated toxic substances.

Addition of New Chemicals:

A total of 55 new chemicals have been added to the list. The chemicals are listed in the table below.

CAS No.	Chemical name
79-41-4	Methacrylic acid
3634-83-1	1,3-Bis(isocyanatomethyl)benzene
3542-36-7	Dioctyltin dichloride
7440-41-7	Beryllium
630-08-0	Carbon monoxide
25214-70-4	Formaldehyde polymer with benzenamine
7783-82-6	Tungsten hexafluoride
177997-13-6	Lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide
96-29-7	Methyl ethyl ketoxim
2579-20-6	1,3-Cyclohexanedimethanamine
2439-35-2	Dimethylaminoethyl acrylate; 2-Propenoic acid 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl ester
7446-09-5	Sulfur dioxide
108-94-1	Cyclohexanone
624-92-0	Dimethyldisulfide
16721-80-5	Sodium hydrogensulphide
124-40-3	Dimethylamine
60-24-2	2-Mercaptoethanol; Mercaptoethanol
1461-25-2	Tetrabutyltin
7550-45-0	Titanium tetrachloride
77-73-6	Dicyclopentadiene
7440-48-4	Cobalt
21041-93-0	Cobalt dihydroxide
75-77-4	Chlorotrimethylsilane
75-78-5	Dimethyl dichlorosilane
10026-04-7	Silicon tetrachloride
75-79-6	Trichloromethylsilane
10025-78-2	Trichlorosilane
999-97-3	1,1,1-Trimethyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)silanamine; 1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexamethyldisilazane
64-19-7	Acetic acid; Glacial acetic acid
818-08-6	Dibutyltin oxide
75-91-2	t-Butyl hydroperoxide
80-15-9	α,α'-Dimethyl benzylhydroperoxide
124-41-4	Sodium methanolate
140-88-5	Ethyl acrylate
99-63-8	1,3-Benzenedicarbonyl dichloride; Isophthaloyl chloride
100-20-9	1,4-Benzenedicarbonyl dichloride; Terephthaloyl dichlorid
3282-30-2	2,2-Dimethylpropanoyl chloride; Pivaloyl chloride
760-67-8	2-Ethylhexanoyl chloride
24468-13-1	2-Ethylhexyl chloroformate
40292-82-8	Neodecanoyl chloride
25584-83-2	Hydroxypropyl acrylate; Acrylic acid, monoester with propane-1,2-diol
36727-29-4	3,5,5-Trimethylhexanoyl chloride
1240248-58-1	Triphenylsulfonium salt with 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(sulfomethyl)-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane-1-carboxylate (1:1);
78643-41-1	Dichlorodimethylstannane(753-73-1) mixt. with trichloromethylstannane(993-16-8)
1484-13-5	9-Ethenyl-9H-carbazole
16753-62-1	Ethenyldimethoxymethylsilane
658-19-5	(T-4)-Trifluoro(N-methylcyclohexanamine)boron
16415-09-1	2-Fluoro-4-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane
1357171-37-9	2-Methyl-1-propanol reaction products with 1,5-diisocyanatopentane
2681338-34-9	[μ-(Ethenesulfonato-κO:κO')]bis[μ-(phosphorodifluoridato-κO:κO')]dilithate(1-), hydrogen compd. with N,N-diethylethanamine (1:1:1)
110-70-3	N1,N2-Dimethyl-1,2-ethanediamine
52217-57-9	Trimethoxy-7-octen-1-ylsilane
1380168-52-4	O,O,O-Triethyl S-[3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl] thiosilicate (H4SiO3S)
KE 2023-1-1172	Reaction products of lithium sulfide, phosphorus pentasulfide, lithium bromide and lithium iodide
69029-97-6	Speiss copper

We acknowledge that the above information has been compiled from NIER.

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