The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of Designation of Toxic Substances under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH).

The draft amendment mainly proposes revisions including:

• New designation of toxic substances for which hazard reviews has been completed: from 2023-1-1110 to 2023-1-1115
• Revise the name of toxic substances: 97-1-41, 97-1-68, 97-1-71, 97-1-1134, 97-1-213, 98-1-480, 2014-1-692
• Regulate newly designated toxic substances on import declaration & business license under Chemical Control Act (CCA), labeling hazardous chemicals, and transitional measures for handling

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

The deadline of this consultation is May 15th, 2023.