South Korea’s Toxic Chemical Substance List Appended

13 toxic substances have been newly appended to South Korea’s toxic chemical substance list. The toxic substances were published with associated content threshold (%) for mixtures. Classification and labeling elements of these toxic chemical substances were issued for public comments

South Korea’s MoE announced the addition of 13 substances into South Korea’s Toxic Chemical Substance List (TCSL) on 7 Sep 2016 by MoE Announcement No.2016-178. The updates are effective immediately.

In addition, the classification and labeling information of the 13 toxic substances were issued for public consultation by NIER Notice No.2016-283 on 21 Sep 2016. The consultation period will end on 6 Oct 2016.

The details of the 13 toxic substances are specified as below.

KE No.	Toxic chemical substance name	CAS No.
2016-1-731	Tris(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenyl)borane (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	1109-15-5
2016-1-732	2,3,5,6-Tetrafluorobenzyl trans-2-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-3,3-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate (mixture containing 1% or more of substance)	118712-89-3
2016-1-733	2-Dodecenal (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	4826-62-4
2016-1-734	[4-(1-Methylethyl)phenyl](4-methylphenyl)iodonium trifluorotris(1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoroethyl)phosphate(1-) (1:1) (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	1245634-39-2
2016-1-735	4-(2-Methylpropyl)cyclohexanepropanal (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	1254940-85-6
2016-1-736	6,6a,7,8,9,9a-Hexahydro-7,7,8,9,9-pentamethyl-5H-cyclopenta[h]quinazoline (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	1392325-86-8
2016-1-737	6,7,8,9-Tetrahydro-7,7,8,9,9-pentamethyl-5H-cyclopenta[h]quinazoline	1315251-11-6
2016-1-738	N³-(Ethylcarbonimidoyl)-N¹,N¹-dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine, hydrochloride (1:1) (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	25952-53-8
2016-1-739	N¹-(3-Aminopropyl)-N¹-dodecyl-1,3-propanediamine (mixture containing 2.5% or more of substance)	2372-82-9
2016-1-740	(1R,4aS,10aR)-1,2,3,4,4a,9,10,10a-Octahydro-1,4a-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethyl)-1-phenanthrenemethanamine, hydrobromide (1:1) (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	40043-73-0
2016-1-741	Triphenylsulfonium salt with 1-[(3-hydroxytricyclo[3.3.1.1^3,7]dec-1-yl)methyl] 2,2-difluoro-2-sulfoacetate (1:1) (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	912290-04-1
2016-1-742	Tetrahydro-1,3,4,6-tetrakis(2-mercaptoethyl)imidazo[4,5-d]imidazole-2,5(1H,3H)-dione (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	1569262-17-4
2016-1-743	1-Nitronaphthalene (mixture containing 25% or more of substance)	86-57-7

Transitional measures for the above mentioned toxic substances require that importers should conduct notification of import for these substances according to Article 20 of Chemical Control Act (CCA) within 6 months.

In addition, manufacture, trade, storage, transport or use of these newly added toxic chemicals is subject to business licensing in accordance with Article 28 of CCA. Stakeholders should comply with the requirements in terms of facilities, equipment and technical personnel qualifications, etc. within two years after the implementation of this announcement to obtain their license.