Insights from 2024 KCMA Seminar held in November
REACHLaw Korea participated the 2024 KCMA Seminar held on November 14th to November 15th in Jeju Island, South Korea. More than 150+ from chemical manufacturers/importers/exporters, consulting agencies, logistics, authorities and associations attended the conference sessions and exhibition. The conference covered a wide range of topics related to chemical regulations.
Here are some key take aways from the seminar:
1. Biocidal product approval system in South Korea: status and future prospects (by NICS)
i) Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act, also known as K-BPR, came into force on January 1, 2019. It focuses on the manage and control of the chemical products used by consumers as well as the active substances and biocidal products, requiring the manufacturers/importers to receive approval from Ministry of Environment before placing them on the markets.
– The deadline for approval of existing biocidal substances for each group is as follows:
ii) As of 2024, the application window of the existing biocidal substances in the first group has closed and the approval of the biocidal products in the first group and the existing biocidal substances in the second group are still ongoing.
iii) New K-BPR IT system is currently being developed that enables the public to find out which consumer products are being placed on the market and allows the manufacturers/importers to apply for approval.
(Source: 2024 KCMA Seminar Presentation)
2. Results of the pilot project on the hazard notification system for non phase-in substances and forward plans (by KECO)
i) Starting January 1st, 2025, the minimum tonnage band for non phase-in substances registration will increase to 1 t/y under K-REACH. Companies planning to place non phase-in substances less than 1 t/y are subject to notification to KECO, the governing body of the notification/pre-registration. During the seminar, the speaker from KECO shared the results of non phase-in substances notification up to 2023 in statistics.
– Total of 15,096 substances were notified and 58% of substances were notified without classification info and only 4% were notified as “classified”.
ii) The process of new CLP was also introduced. In the previous years, not only was the review, revision/supplement, and management of non phase-in substances not required, but also the classification of the notified substances was not publicly available. However, with the implementation of new CLP, all of this will change.
As the leading Only Representative service provider, REACHLaw Korea will continue to offer customer-oriented solutions as an official chemical regulatory compliance service provider.