South-korea Regulatory News

South Korea addresses revising the "Notification of Installation and Management Standards for Hazardous Chemicals Handling Facilities" by the end of 2024.

Aug-23-2023

Chemical industry Hazardous chemicals

The National Institute of Chemical Safety (Director Park Bong-kyun) formed a consortium for handling facility standards with experts, industries, and civil society to improve the standards of hazardous chemical handling facilities...

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South Korea designates three new chemicals as toxic substances.

Aug-10-2023

Chemical industry K-REACH Hazardous chemicals

On August 1st, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea partially revised and notified the Notice of Designation of Toxic Substances, in accordance with Article 2(6) and...

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South Korea implements a preliminary review system for biocidal products.

Aug-07-2023

Biocides K-BPR

Starting this August, the Ministry of Environment in South Korea is introducing a preliminary review system to expedite the completeness review period conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Research.  1....

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South Korea keeps working to harmonize Global Regulations for Toxicity Assessment

Aug-02-2023

Chemical industry K-REACH

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) takes part in the WNT (Working Group of the National Coordinators for the Test Guidelines...

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South Korea publishes guidelines for naming biocidal products

Jul-14-2023

Biocides K-BPR

On 29 June 2023 the Korean National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) announced that the evaluation of the registered biocidal product application is scheduled to be conducted.  In relation to this,...

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Korea Cosmetics Association pushes for a revision of natural and organic cosmetics regulations.

Jul-12-2023

K-REACH Cosmetic Act

According to the news published on https://www.meconomynews.com/ in February 2023, the deletion of regulations related to natural and organic cosmetics, which the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety included in the...

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The government in South Korea decides to release regulations that hinder business activities.

Jun-28-2023

Chemical notification/ registration K-REACH Regulatory Updates

In South Korea, the government has decided to break down uniform chemical regulations for small and medium-sized companies by unifying multiple ministries' double approval process to resolve corporate site difficulties significantly. ...

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South Korea publishes Key Amendment Contents of the Regulations on Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act

Jun-27-2023

Biocides K-BPR

On June 12, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) released an announcement regarding the contents of the amendment of the Regulations on Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control...

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South Korea partially revises and publically notifies the hazard assessment result of chemical substances.

Jun-14-2023

Hazard assessment K-REACH

On 8 June 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea partially revised the result of the hazard assessment of chemical substances and enforced it on the same...

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South Korea revised the Designation of Toxic Substances.

Jun-14-2023

K-REACH Labelling Hazardous chemicals

On 1 June 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea publicly notified the Designation of Toxic Substances under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH). ...

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