South Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) issued the NIER Announcement No.2015-18 on 17 Dec 2015. 43 new chemical substances registered under K-REACH were issued with corresponding hazard evaluation results for public reference. This batch of substances was previously issued on 12 Nov 2015 for public comments until 1 Dec 2015 (CL news). No changes were made in the final version.