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In a significant move, South Korea's Ministry of Environment issued a draft list of 544 CMRs (carcinogenic, mutagenic or reproductive toxic substances) that require registration as a priority under the revised K-REACH by 2021. Comments are welcome before 1 Nov 2018.
Please click here to download the list. Please be noted that the corresponding hydrates are also subject to registration.
If everything goes to plan, after consultation the final list will be published and become effective on the same date as the implementation of the revised K-REACH, namely 1 Jan 2019.
The original K-REACH designates 510 priority existing chemicals (PECs) for mandatory registration. Only 340 substances have completed registration on time (updated in Sep). The others will be subject to a ban preventing all manufacturing and importing until the registration is completed.
The revised K-REACH sets out a plan of registering existing substances (≥1 ton per year) in the next 12 years. It should be noted that pre-registration before 30 Jun 2019 is necessary to be eligible for the phase-in registration grace period.
The phase-in deadlines will be set based on tonnage band, as below
≥1000 t/y; or designated CMRs ≥1 t/y: by 2021
100-1000 t/y: by 2024
10-100 t/y: by 2027
1-10 t/y: by 2030
