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|  Korea K-REACH to Come into Force in January 2015On 22 May, 2013, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea established the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals Act: Korea REACH or K-REACH.
K-REACH is a chemicals management system based on the EU REACH regulation and it is aimed “to protect human health and the environment from the risk of the use of chemical substances” The main provisions of K-REACH are: 1. Registration and reporting of chemical substances 2. Hazard / Risk Assessment 3. Communication of information on chemical substance 4. Management of risk in concerned products. Registration and Reporting of Chemical Substances Registration is an obligation for a new chemical and priority substances of more than 1 ton / year per manufacturer or importer. Reporting is an obligation for a new chemical and existing chemicals that are in a quantity of more than 1 ton/year per manufacturer or importer (a downstream user is exempted from reporting). Risk Assessment A substance manufactured or imported in a quantity of more than 100 tons/year is obliged to undergo risk assessment by 1 January 2015. The deadline is extended for a substance that is in a quantity of 10-100 tons / year: i. 1 January 2017 (70 tons/year) ii. 1 January 2018 (50 tons/year) iii. 1 January 2019 (20 tons/year) iv. 1 January 2020 (10 tons/year) Supply Chain Communication A manufacturer or importer of a registered chemical is obliged to provide the registration number, name of chemical, hazard information and safe use information to their customer. A downstream user is obliged to provide exposure information, safe use information etc. when requested. Risk Management for Concerned Products Notification is an obligation if the hazardous chemical is intended to be released in the finished article and the quantity of the substance is more than 1 ton/year per manufacturer or importer. The information required is the name and concentration of the chemical, hazard information and its application in the product. For ‘Risk concerned products*’ The “Risk concerned products’ i.Consumer products (detergent, air freshener, adhesive, polish, synthetic detergent, bleach etc.) ii.Biocide (repellent, disinfectant, preservative etc.) By establishing the K-REACH, the MOE increases the competitiveness of the chemical management industry relative to other international chemical management systems. Companies should prepare themselves for the systematic management of information on chemicals, including Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), reduction of risks and prevention of accidents. K-REACH Objectives - To establish the life-cycle of the chemical management process through registration and evaluation of chemicals. - To strengthen the competitiveness of the business industry in relation to global chemical management requirements. About SGS REACH Services SGS will follow up and inform interested parties as developments on K-REACH regulation (http://www.sgs.com/ References (1)Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals Act (http://likms.assembly.go.kr/ If you would like to learn more about how SGS can support your K-REACH compliance activities please contact the SGS experts. Contact details: SGS Consumer Testing Services HingWo Tsang Senior Technical Services Manager SGS Hong Kong Ltd. 5-8/F, 28/F, Metropole Square, 2 OnYiu Street, SiuLek Yuen Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China t: +852 2774 7420 Email: cts.media@sgs.com Website: http://www.sgs.com/ SGS is the world’ End
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