1. Introduction
The Act on Registration, Evaluation and etc. of Chemicals (a.k.a “K-REACH”) has been revised and will come into effect on 1 Jan 2019. The revised K-REACH legislation sets out a plan of registering existing substances over 1 ton per year in the next 12 years. It is anticipated that approximately 7,000 existing chemicals will be registered considering their circulation amount in South Korea.