South Korea updates the Designation of toxic substances

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.