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South Korea Updates Guide for Reaction Products Registration under K-REACH
Nov 03, 2022
On October 20, 2022, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) made public the Revised Guide on Registration of Existing Chemical Substances under K-REACH. The updates mainly focus on the registration procedures of reaction products which are regard as existing chemicals in South Korea.
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South Korea to Allow Non-disclosure of Registration/Notification Number under K-REACH for CBI Concerns
Nov 02, 2022
Considering that registration/notification number under K-REACH could be used to search for relevant information that has granted CBI protection under other laws, the MoE proposed to omit the approval process for non-disclosure of the registration/notification number under certain conditions.
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South Korea to Update Rules for Using Non-testing Methods
Sep 22, 2022
South Korea’s National Institute of Environment Research (NIER) recently opened a public consultation on the draft revision to the Regulation on Registration Application Dossier Preparation, Hazard Evaluation Methods, etc., which specifies non-testing methods for chemical registration under K-REACH and adds new exemption criteria for testing items. The public consultation ended on September 14, 2022.
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17,263 Substances Pre-registered under Korea REACH
May 06, 2022
On March 31, 2022, South Korea's Ministry of Environment (MoE) published the updated list of pre-registered substances under K-REACH. So far, a total of 212,992 pre-registration applications were submitted for 17,263 chemical substances, of which 76 are CMR substances. About 9% of the pre-registered substances are manufactured or imported over 1,000 tonnes per year.
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South Korea Simplifies Data Requirements under K-REACH
Mar 25, 2022
On March 15, 2022, the South Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE) issued an announcement to bring forward the implementation of some rules that were proposed in the amendments to K-REACH Enforcement Rules. South Korea simplified data requirements for registration and exemption confirmation under K-REACH with certain conditions.
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Updated Existing Chemical Hazard Assessment Results Under K-REACH
Feb 21, 2022
On February 11, 2022, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) issued NIER Announcement No.2022-10, making public the hazard evaluation results of 30 existing chemical substances (Given number as 2022-170~2022-199) that were registered and reviewed under K-REACH from January to March 2021. 28 of these substances are toxic.
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Annual Report | A Look Back at 2021 with ChemLinked: Chemical Regulation Updates
Jan 21, 2022
The year 2021 has witnessed many significant events and progress in the chemical industry in the Asia-Pacific region.
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K-REACH: Deadline for Registration Exemption Applications is Approaching
Nov 17, 2021
Applications for registration exemption confirmation of chemical substances ≥1000 t/a or CMRs ≥ 1 t/a shall be submitted before December 24, 2021.
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K-REACH New Requirements for Supply Chain Communication
Oct 26, 2021
On August 27, 2021, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) issued a notice for the changes of Article 20 of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (a.k.a. “K-REACH”) and Article 36 of the K-REACH Enforcement Rules, aiming to clarify the method of information transmission and simplify the information required to transfer to downstream links for some chemical substances. The revision took effect immediately.
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17,151 Substances Pre-registered under Korea REACH
Jul 30, 2021
A total of 193,224 pre-registration applications have been submitted for 17,151 existing chemical substances, of which 78 are CMR substances. About 11% of the pre-registered substances are manufactured or imported over 1,000 tonnes per year.
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