As we move into 2023, the chemical industry in the Asia Pacific region is facing new challenges with stricter regulations aimed at protecting human health and the environment. Learn more about these regulatory challenges here.

Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor published a draft revision to the Standards for Classification and Labelling of Chemical Substances and Material Safety Data Sheet

The Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE ) published a list of 82 substances whose registrants are small and medium-sized enterprises that are now required to register before 2021

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) published the Announcements to update the GHS classification list, and Ministry of Environment (MoE) published a public consultation on adding 14 substances into Korean Existing Chemical Inventory (KECI).

The revised K-REACH regulation has introduced pre-notification (similar to pre-registration under EU-REACH). The pre-notification window is from 1 January to 30 June 2019.