The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updates the Enforcement Rules of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH).

The main updates include:

• Requirement on hazard reviews including hazards, use, exposure and etc to designate substances subject to permission
• Omission on the Environmental hazard data for registration if water solubility is less than 1㎎/ℓ, or if the use is intermediate or process regulators
• Simplification on report exemption requirements for new chemical substances to be imported less than 0.1 tpa for research and development use

The amendment came into effect immediately.