The revised Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (K-REACH) was promulgated as Law No.15844 on Oct 16th, 2018 (CL news). The new requirements will come into force on Jan 1st, 2019.
To facilitate the smooth implementation of the revised K-REACH, South Korea's National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) issued a notice consolidating relevant supporting documentation of K-REACH, including
Measures for Registration Dossier Preparation and Hazard Evaluation (NIER Announcement No.2017-11, Jan 12th, 2017)
Usage Permission for Hazard Evaluation Results and Cost (NIER Announcement No.2014-47, Dec 31st, 2014)
Measures for the Risk Assessment of Chemicals (NIER Announcement No.2014-48, Dec 31st, 2014)
Measures for the Compilation of Chemical Information (NIER Announcement No.2014-49, Dec 31st, 2014)
Objects and Methods of the Risk Assessment (NIER Announcement No.2017-55, Dec 29th, 2017)
Guidelines for the Testing Methods of Chemicals (NIER Announcement No.2018-12, Apr 9th, 2018)
Designation of Toxic Chemical Substances (NIER Announcement No.2018-28, Oct 12th, 2018)
Appendix. Toxic Chemical Substance List
Hazard Evaluation Results of Registered Chemicals (NIER Announcement No.2018-31, Jul 16th, 2018)
Appendix. Hazard Evaluation Results
Standards for Classification and Labeling of Chemical Substance (NIER Announcement No.2018-44, Nov 5th, 2018)
Appendix 1. Classification and Labelling of Chemical Substances
Appendix 2. Hazard Pictograms
Appendix 3. H&P Phases
Appendix 4. GHS Classification List (toxic chemicals, restricted and prohibited chemicals, accident precaution chemicals)
Please click here to download the relevant documents.
However, the most important K-REACH subordinate statutes, namely the Presidential Decree (also known as the Enforcement Decree) and the Ministerial Decree (also known as the Enforcement Rules) which elucidate the registration and evaluation details are still undergoing public consultation which will end on 26 Nov 2018 (CL news). As planned they will be finalized in December.
Below are some latest updates reported by ChemLinked, involving low hazard exemption, phased-in chemical registration, notification of products containing priority substances. The consultation already ended on Nov 1st, 2018.
