South Korea: Amendment of the Korean chemicals law

 

South Korea has published a draft partial amendment of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances.

The major contents are:

1. Revised clauses related to registration criteria of new substance that are amended by Article 10(1) of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) (Article 10(3), Article 13)

1) Chemical substance subject to registration pursuant to Article 10(5) of the Act will be designated and publicly announced for the registration when its annual manufacturing or importing amount nationwide is equal to or more than 10 ton per year.

2) Of those chemical substances subject to registration pursuant to Article 10(5) of the Act, data requirements of new substance may be waived when its annual manufacturing or importing amount is less than 100 kg per year.

To find out more about chemical compliance in South Korea, please contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.