The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Designation of Existing Biocidal Substances for Approval Deferment’ under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act (K-BPR) on December 13th, 2022. This is to designate additional existing biocidal substances for approval deferment based on hazard and risk of the substances, as well as to cancel the designation of existing biocidal substances for approval deferment due to the cancellation of reporting.

The draft amendment mainly proposes revisions including:

• Addition of biocidal product type for the designated biocidal substances: 5 substances
• Designation cancellation of existing biocidal substances for approval deferment: 110 substances
• Designation cancellation of biocidal product type of existing biocidal substances for approval deferment: 106 substances
• Additional designation of existing biocidal substances for approval deferment: 12 substances

If you have any opinion on this amendment, please write your opinion and submit it to the NIER.

The deadline for this consultation is Dec 23rd, 2022.