On 14 Apr 2017, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) announced the addition of 23 substances (No. 2017-1-750~ 2017-1-772) into the Toxic Chemical Substance List (TCSL) by MoE Announcement No. 2017-76. The updates are effective immediately, which are identical to the previous draft version (CL news). The details of the 23 toxic substances are accessible here.
The last update to the TCSL finished in Dec 2016 by MoE Announcement No. 2016-249 (CL news).
Transitional measures are outlined below:
(1) Importers should within six months conduct importation notification according to Article 20 of Chemical Control Act (CCA).
(2) Manufacture, trade, storage, transport or use of these newly added toxic chemicals is subject to business licensing in accordance with Article 28 of CCA. In addition, 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.
(3) Handling of these newly added toxic chemicals is subject to labeling within six months in accordance with Article 16 of CCA
