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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.

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