South Korea Revises K-REACH to Add Rules for Reporting Changes of Priority Management Substances Contained in Products

On January 3, 2023, by Ordinance No. 19172, the amendments to South Korea’s Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (K-REACH) were made public. Rules for reporting changes of substances subject to priority management contained in products have been added to K-REACH, which will take effect on January 4, 2024.

Highlights in the amendments

If any of the following changes occurs, manufacturers or importers shall report the change to the MoE by the end of January of the following year after the occurrence:

• A newly manufactured or imported product contains a priority management substance with the content exceeding 0.1% w/w;

• The exposure information of the priority management substance contained in the product changes;

• The use of the priority management substance changes; 

• The priority management substance content changes (except for changes within the scope specified by the MoE); or

• Other information required by the authority changes.

However, if the target substance’s production/import quantity does not exceed 1 ton/year, the corresponding report can be omitted.

The whole amendments can be accessed here.