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Recently, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment issued the Guidance on the Chemicals Manufacture · Importation Procedures1 to facilitate the verification of chemicals under the Chemicals Control Act (CCA). The English version2 was issued for reference.
According to Article 9 of CCA, manufacturers or Importers of chemicals shall submit a "Written Confirmation of Verification on Chemical Products" to the Korea Chemicals Management Association (KCMA) prior to manufacture or import after self-verification of whether the product contains any of the following categories of regulated chemicals:
Phases-in substances
Non-phase-in substances
Toxic substances
Substances subject to authorization
Restricted substances
Prohibited substances
Accident precaution chemicals
The chemical verification system has been implemented since 2006. However, a large number of chemical products are still manufactured or imported without submitting the written confirmation. The Guidance details the verification requirements, and gives examples of how to check the regulatory status of chemicals and how to provide the specification of ingredients or Letter of Confirmation (LoC).
