South Korea updates the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling

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 on October 6^th, 2022.

The main updates are:

• Revision of toxic substances: substances with unique number “97-1-5”, “97-1-21”, “97-1-45”, “97-1-46”, “97-1-80”, “97-1-94”, “97-1-96”, “97-1-114”, “97-1-119”, “97-1-132”, “97-1-136”, “97-1-137”, “97-1-139”, “97-1-145”, “97-1-148”, “97-1-163”, “97-1-165”, “97-1-167”, “97-1-182”, “97-1-183”, “97-1-198”, “97-1-200”, “97-1-203”, “97-1-209”, “97-1-218”, “97-1-240”, ““97-1-274”, “97-1-277”, “97-1-313”, “97-1-359”, “97-1-376”, “97-1-381”, “97-1-382”, “97-1-384”, “97-1-405”, “97-1-406”, “97-1-407”, “97-1-409”, “97-1-410”, “97-1-411”, “97-1-432”, “98-1-479”, “99-1-492”, “99-1-506”, “2001-1-520”, “2001-1-525”, “2006-1-556”, “2010-1-604”, “2010-1-610”, “2010-1-611”, “2012-1-640”, “2012-1-644”, “2012-1-645”, “2012-1-646”, “2013-1-666”, “2013-1-668”, “2014-1-685”, “2014-1-688”, “2014-1-700”, “2018-1-824” and “2020-1-982”
• Addition of toxic substances: substances with unique number from “2022-1-1085” to “2022-1-1095”
• Revision of restricted substances: substances with unique number “06-5-4” and “06-5-13”
• Revision of substances requiring preparation for accidents: substances with unique number “3”, “4”, “11”, “26”, “35”, “40”, “42”, “43”, “45”, “47”, “49”, “52”, “54”, “62”, “65”, “66” and “73”

The amendment came into effect immediately.