South Korea consults for the Regulations on the approval for consumer chemical products subject to safety verification

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Regulations on the approval for consumer chemical products subject to safety verification’ under the...

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South Korea updates K-REACH registration procedure for existing substances based on the updated definition of existing substances

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea added the provision to expand the definition of existing substances on Aug 12th, 2021. Based on the updated definition of existing substances, South...

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South Korea suggests raising the export standards for two POPs.

On 27 September 2022 South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) published a notification on updating the requirements for two Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The requirements are added to the rules for...

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South Korea consults for the Rules on Approval of Chemical Safety Information Exception

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Rules on Approval of Chemical Safety Information Exception’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of...

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South Korea consults for the draft amendment on the Guidelines for Clinical trials on cosmetics that alleviate hair loss symptoms

National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment on the Guidelines for Clinical trials on cosmetics that alleviate hair loss symptoms on...

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South Korea consults for the hazard review of chemical substances

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation...

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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...

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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) on October 6th, 2022.   The...

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South Korea updates the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation...

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South Korea provides a guideline for preparing for biocidal product approval submissions

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea provides a guideline to prepare biocidal product approval submissions. Under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act (K-BPR), manufacturers and...

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