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Updates: On March 6, 2023, by MoE Announcement No. 2023-47, South Korea's Ministry of Environment (MoE) adopted the amendments to the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances, and Substances subject to Authorization. Details can be accessed here.
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On February 7, 2023, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) issued MoE Notice No. 2023-56 to solicit public comments on the amendments to the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances, and Substances Subject to Authorization (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation). Comments are welcome before February 27, 2023.
Under K-CCA, toxic substances, restricted substances, prohibited substances and the substances subject to authorization are subject to submitting a chemical accident prevention management plan if exceeding the corresponding handling limits. The concerned chemical lists are attached to the Regulation, including Annex 1 for toxic substances, Annex 2 for restricted substances, and Annex 3 for prohibited substances. As for the substances subject to authorization, eleven candidate substances for authorization under K-REACH have been proposed, including benzene, bisphenol A, DBP, BBP, etc. (CL news). Currently, there’re no substances in the Authorization List. The whole document of the Regulation is available here.
This time the proposed amendments to the Regulation are for Annex 1 toxic substances, including:
Adding 14 toxic substances (NIER Given No. 2022-1-1096 ~ 2022-1-1109) to Annex 1 with the upper and lower handling limits.
Updating the names and handling limits of 3 toxic substances (NIER Given No. 97-1-345, 97-1-451, 2000-1-509) that were previously listed in Annex 1.
Detailed amendments can be accessed here.
The abovementioned 14 toxic substances (NIER Given No. 2022-1-1096 ~ 2022-1-1109) were designated by NIER Notice No. 2022-80 on December 7, 2022 (CL news).
According to K-CCA and the Regulation, for a target chemical, exceeding the upper handling limit requires submitting the Grade 1 chemical accident prevention management plan, while the Grade 2 chemical accident prevention management plan can apply if it only exceeds the lower handling limit.
