The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of Designation of Toxic Substances under Enforcement Decree of 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 2022-1-1099 to 2022-1-1109)
• Update details of toxic substances (35 substances)
• Regulate import declaration and business license for newly designated toxic substances, and transitional measures of labeling and handling standards for hazardous chemical substances

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

The deadline of this consultation is May 9th, 2022.