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South Korea updates official Letter of Confirmation LoC template for chemical substance verification.
On December 31, 2024, the Korean Environment Corporation (K-ECO) notified an updated template of the Letter of Confirmation (LoC) for chemical substance verification.
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Based on Article 2 of the Enforcement Rule of K-CCA (Korea Chemical Control Act), manufacturers and importers must submit either a Chemical Substance Composition Statement or the LoC to the Ministry of Environment (MoE), for chemical substance verification.
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According to the K-CCA amendment, the previous template of the LoC can only be used till August 6, 2025. After this date, only the new template will be accepted.
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The deadline for acceptance of the previous LoC may be moved earlier. In that case, it will be notified through the Chemical Substance Information Management System.
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As of January 1, 2025, the authority responsible for chemical substance verification has changed from the Korea Chemical Management Association (KMCA) to the Korea Environment Corporation (K-ECO).
The new LoC template can be downloaded from the official website of Chemical Substance Information Management System (k-reach.me.go.kr).
We acknowledge that the above information has been compiled from K-ECO (Korea Environment Corporation).
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