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Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (KREACH) (Act No. 15844)
Local Title:
화학물질의 등록 및 평가 등에 관한 법률
Country/Region:
South Korea
Competent Authority:
Ministry of Environment
Type:
Regulation
Status:
Invalid
Release Date:
2018-10-16
Implementation Date:
2019-01-01
Document
Language Source Title Access
KO
Official Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals(KREACH)(Act No. 15844, bilingual)
ChemLinked Translation
Korea REACH: Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (Act No. 15844 of Oct 16th, 2018)
File Language : EN
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Summary

The Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals of Korea (a.k.a “K-REACH”) was firstly passed on Apr 30th, 2013 and then revised several times. The revised K-REACH legislation is a significant deviation from the regulatory mechanisms outlined in the previous version. The amendments came into effect on Jan 1st, 2019, which sets out a plan of registering existing substances over 1 ton per year in the next 12 years. 

History of the revised K-REACH:

  1. Promulgated by the president on 20 Mar 2018 as Law No. 15512 (ChemLinked news), abolishing annual reporting yestem, introducing pre-registration and phase-in registration mechanism of all existing chemicals, etc.

  2. Amendments regarding reduction of vertebrate animal testing during generation of registration data were incorporated into the revised K-REACH as Law No. 15584 on 17 Apr 2018 (ChemLinked news)

  3. Amendments regarding (1) the use of hazard testing data and (2) modification application for situations where the “Confirmation of Registration Exemption” has been obtained were incorporated into the revised version of K-REACH as Law No.15844 on 16 Oct 2018 (ChemLinked news)


History
2020-05-26
In force
Release Date: 2020-05-26
Implementation Date : 2020-05-26
2018-10-16
Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (KREACH) (Act No. 15844)
Invalid
Release Date: 2018-10-16
Implementation Date : 2019-01-01
2013-04-30
Invalid
Release Date: 2013-04-30
Implementation Date : 2015-01-01
Obligations