South Korea Consults on Revised K-REACH Enforcement Decree
South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) issued draft amendments to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances (hereafter referred to as K-REACH Enforcement Decree) on June 3, 2021 by MoE Notice No.2021-420. The public consultation will end on July 3, 2021.
The revision proposal was made to establish procedures for designation of chemicals subject to authorization, strengthen inter-departmental cooperation for joint enforcement, facilitate hazard information communication between upper and downstream links, impose accumulatively fines on violations, etc.
So far there is no chemical subject to authorization has been designated under K-REACH. The draft proposal specified that the authority will select candidate substances, consult on stakeholders, conduct hazard assessment, and if necessary investigate their current circulation status in advance. Consortium involving manufacture, import and use of such chemicals may be established for soliciting opinions on designation of chemicals subject to authorization and determination of the sunset date.
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