So far LR (lead registrants) election has been completed for 344 priority existing chemical substances (PECs) under Korea REACH. The whole list of 344 PECs is accessible here.
Three PECs newly completed the election process in Mar of 2018 (see table below). In addition, one PECs (CAS No. 5873-54-1) that finished LR election in Feb of 2018 was deleted since the elected LR has opted out.
Table 1. LR Election in March
| CAS No. | Chemical Name | Election Date | LR’s Name |
| 16871-90-2 | Dipotassium hexafluorosilicate | 2 Mar 2018 | 메타켐㈜ |
| 68-88-7 | 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid butyl phenylmethyl ester | 13 Mar 2018 | 주식회사 켐토피아 |
| 16949-65-8 | Magnesium silicofluoride; Magnesium hexafluorosilicate | 16 Mar 2018 | 더블유알그레이스코리아 주식회사 |
Updated on 31 Mar, joint registration dossiers were submitted to the authority for 179 PECs, of which 28 have been approved and issued with a registration number. The others are still under review now (click here to download the list).
According to the newly promulgated amendments of K-REACH (CL news), phased-in registration of round 7,000 existing chemicals will be adopted instead of the current registration system of PECs. The amendments will be effective on 1 Jan 2019. The registration deadline of 30 Jun 2018 for the current 510 PECs will still apply.
The last round of LR election has been reported by ChemLinked (CL news).
