KOR/1211
WTO/TBT
KR South Korea
  • 71 - Chemical technology
2024-07-22
2024-06-03

Product containing new chemical substance(s)

Draft partial amendment of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances; (13 page(s), in Korean)

- Name of Law: "Draft partial amendment of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances"

- Major Contents:

A. Revised clauses related to registration criteria of new substance that are amended by Article 10(1) of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") (Article 10(3), Article 13)

1) Chemical substance subject to registration pursuant to Article 10(5) of the Act will be designated and publicly announced for the registration when its annual manufacturing or importing amount nationwide is equal to or more than 10 ton per year.

2) Of those chemical substances subject to registration pursuant to Article 10(5) of the Act, data requirements of new substance may be waived when its annual manufacturing or importing amount is less than 100 kg per year.