K-REACH: 264 PECs Have Lead Registrant Elected

16 PECs subject to K-REACH joint registration recently finished LR election. 2 substances that previously finished LR election were deleted. So far LR election has been completed for 264 PECs and there are still 246 PECs requiring LR election.

The 9th round of Lead Registrant (LR) election for priority existing chemical substances (PECs) under K-REACH has finished. Announced on 31 Oct 2016, in addition to the new publication of LR election results for 16 PECs, 2 PECs (CAS No. 111-96-6, 57214-10-5) that previously finished LR election were deleted since their corresponding LRs chose to opt out.

So far LR election has been completed for 264 PECs (the list is accessible here). The election results were published including CAS No., chemical name, date of LR determination, and the name of LR.

The first batch of PECs includes 510 PECs which should be jointly registered under K-REACH by 30 Jun 2018 if manufactured or imported in quantities greater than 1 ton per year. So far there are still 246 PECs requiring LR election. All potential registrants are recommended to join the Chemical Substance Information Communicative Organization (CICO, similar to SIEF) and finish LR election as soon as possible.

The previous rounds of LR election are reported by ChemLinked as below.