Chemical Confirmation(화학물질확인명세)

Company who intends to manufacture or import a chemical product needs to submit a chemical confirmation.

Especially, if the chemical product include other chemical types such as toxic chemical, restricted chemical, they need to submit other dossier separately.

# Chemical types under CCA

 

1. Phase-in substances under K-REACH
2. New chemical substances under K-REACH
3. Toxic substances
4. Substances requiring permission
5. Restricted substances
6. Prohibited substances
7. Substances requiring preparation for accidents

# Korea Chemical inventory checking site.

NCIS

ncis.nier.go.kr/en/main.do

National Chemicals Information System

For submitting the chemical confirmation, company needs to submit MSDS, LOC or Composition letter as well.

-MSDS: should disclose all 100% composition in there.

-LOC(Letter Of Confirmation): can disclose hazadous chemical substances only in LOC because of trade secret issue.

-Composition letter: if there is no secret issue, can submit all 100% composition letter.

 

KCMA(Korea Chemcials Management Association) will review it and will publish an approval letter called as Chemical confirmation statement.

 

 

Recently, MOE has published the partial amendment of Enforcement rule of Chemicals Control Act(CCA) on 29th Sep 2020.

With this amendments, chemical confirmation statement was revised and the related LOC(Letter Of Confirmation) was changed from 1st Oct 2020.

Please see the related URL.

Regulation website

www.kcma.or.kr/sub_info/info_4_1.asp?b_name=me_news01&mode=read&IDX=5750&Page=6&Search_Type=&Search_Value=&Category=&Parent=&Cate=&Search_Cate=&menu=&top_menu_num=&Order_Name=Ref&Order_Type=Desc

 

한국화학물질관리협회 : 화학물질정책소식

# Phase-in substance(s) subject to registration is deleted and it is replaced to Phase-in substance(s).

This is because Phase-in substance(s) subject to registration was deleted from 2019 under K-REACH.