South Korea updates amended K-REACH Enforcement Rules
Date
10
Aug
2022
Reference source : CHEMNAVI
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updates the Enforcement Rules of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH).
The main updates include:
- Requirement on hazard reviews including hazards, use, exposure and etc to designate substances subject to permission
- Omission on the Environmental hazard data for registration if water solubility is less than 1㎎/ℓ, or if the use is intermediate or process regulators
- Simplification on report exemption requirements for new chemical substances to be imported less than 0.1 tpa for research and development use
The amendment came into effect immediately.