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The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Designation of toxic substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and Chemical Control Act (CCA) on December 7th, 2022.  

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the ‘Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and the Chemicals Control Act (

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘Designation of existing biocidal substances subject to approval deferment’ under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control A

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH). The draft amend

National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in South Korea provides a Guideline to prepare functional cosmetics report submission under the Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetic Act on December 1st, 2022. This guideline is to provide det

A re-assessment of use ahead of approval deadlines was carried out in late May in South Korea, where more than 20% of existing pre-registered biocidal substances under their domestic Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act (K-BPR) were wit

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH).   The main updates are as follows:

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea provides the list of banned substances for insecticide under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act (K-BPR). This is for identifying banned substances cont

South Korea enacts the ‘Regulation on Labeling and Advertising of Consumer Chemical Products’ under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act (K-BPR) on July 28th, 2022. This Regulation is to regulate phrases or expressions t

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH).   The draft

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

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘Regulation on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluatio

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea provides a guideline to prepare biocidal product approval submissions. Under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act (K-BPR), manufacturers and importers of bio

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘Regulation on Safety Standards of Cosmetics’ under the Cosmetic Act on September 5th, 2022. This is to strengthen the safety management of cosmetics and

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea provides a guide to implement biocide management system for manufacturers and importers of consumer chemical products subject to safety verification. Under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides S

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updates the ‘Regulations on Emissions Survey and Calculation Factors of Chemical Substances’ under the Chemical Substances Control Act. The scope for emission survey is based on the Annex 1, whi

National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in South Korea consults on a draft on Cosmetics Preservation Test Guidelines on September 26th, 2022. This is to strengthen the quality and safety management of distributed cosmetics. T

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-RE

National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment on the Guidelines for Clinical trials on cosmetics that alleviate hair loss symptoms on October 14th, 2022. This is to clarify required fields

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Rules on Approval of Chemical Safety Information Exception’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on October 18th, 2022. Currentl