K-REACH is “The Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals” which is similar to REACH(Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals). The purpose of K-REACH is to protect public health and the environment through these provisions:
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Registration of chemical Substances
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Screening of hazardous chemical substances;
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Hazard and risk assessment of products containing chemical substances and hazardous substances;
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Sharing information of chemical substance.
Registration grace period is given to more than 1 ton of pre-registered phase-in substance. The grace period differs according to substances’ hazard and manufacture/import volume.
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≥1,000 t/y phase-in Substances or ≥1 t/y CMR substances : by Dec 31 2021
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100~1,000 t/y phase-in Substances : by Dec 31 2024
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10~100 t/y phase-in Substances : by Dec 31 2027
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≥1 t/y phase-in Substances : by Dec 31 2030
WHAT IS K-REACH PRE- REGISTRATION ?
Company or person who manufactures or imports phase-in substances equal to or more than 1 ton per year needs to notify Korea Environment Corporation (KECO) of use information, amount, etc. of the chemical substance.
Only those pre-registered phase-in substances can benefit from registration grace periods, during which one can manufacture or import those pre-registered substances without full registrations.
NOTE: Manufacturers/importers that manufactured or imported at least one ton per year of an phase-in substance between 2016 and 2018, shall submit application for pre-registration between 1 Jan. 2019 and 30 Jun. 2019.
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