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[Chemical Safety Industry Support Group Announcement] Final Selection Result of Demand Survey for English Translation of Government-Held Hazard Data
The Korea Environmental Corporation performs a project to provide low-cost hazard data to support compliance with “Act On Registration And Evaluation Of Chemical Substances” by the chemical related industry.
In addition, our corporation conducted a demand survey for English translations of "Corporation-held data" to support the smooth export of chemical substances, not just compliance with the “Act On Registration And Evaluation Of Chemical Substances” by the chemical industry, and the results are as follows:
Survey period: July 6, 2022, to July 20, 2022 (2 weeks)
Selected items: 39 items in 8 categories
English translations will be conducted until early December, and will be available within January 2023 after administrative procedures.
For more information, please refer to the attached file.
Contact: ☎ 02-6050-1311, 1313 (Korea Environmental Corporation, Reliability Assurance Department)
Source: Chemical Safety Industrial Support Group>Resources>LINK
Attached: Att_2022 Final Selection Result of Demand Survey for English Translation of Government-Held Hazard Data
Oct 14, 2022
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[Chemical Product Management System Announcement] Guidance on Implementation of Biocides Control System for Manufacturers and Importers of Consumer Chemical Products Subject To Safety Confirmation
1. We deeply appreciate your efforts for the safe management of your consumer chemical products.
2. To prevent incidents similar to the humidifier disinfectant case, the "Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act" (hereinafter, the "Act") was enacted (in January 2019). In order to manufacture or import biocide or biocidal products for sale or distribution in Korea, approval from the Ministry of Environment (National Institute of Environmental Research) is required.
3. Accordingly, for the Consumer Chemical Products Subject To Safety Confirmation, which are applicable to biocidal products*, it is required to obtain approval for the biocidal products within the grace period of the approval of Consumer Chemical Products Subject To Safety Confirmation, as specified in the Act, in order to ensure smooth compliance with the system by the industry. Therefore, we would like to provide the following guidance.
(Please refer to Article 12, Article 20 of the Act, and Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act for confirmation)
*10 types of products including disinfectants, algicides, antibacterial agents/ disinfectants for humidifiers, antifoulants, medical pesticide, medical repellents, insecticides for infectious disease prevention, rondenticides for infectious disease prevention, wood preservatives.
A. Biocidal products containing approved biocide: Must be Approved until 2024.
B. Biocidal products containing unapproved biocide: Must apply for substance and product approval simultaneously by January 2023 and approved within 2023.
C. Regardless of the validity period of the Consumer Chemical Products Subject To Safety Confirmation, approval for biocidal products, must be obtained within the aforementioned timeframes (+2 years for wood preservatives). Manufacturing, importing, selling, and distributing of biocidal products without approval after the deadline is prohibited (refer to attachment for details).
D. Inquiries: Biocidal product approval (National Institute of Environmental Research, 032-560-7913) / Notification of Consumer Chemical Products Subject To Safety Confirmation, (KEITI, 02-2284-1862) Approval of Consumer Chemical Products Subject To Safety Confirmation, (National Institute of Environmental Research, 032-560-7914) / Biocidal product approval support (Biocides Industry Support Team, 02-6050-1314~1316)
Note: Telephone and email inquiries other than the above contact points are not accepted. A briefing session for the industry will be held in the future (a notification will be sent when the schedule is confirmed).
Attachment: Guide on the Implementation of the Approval System for Biocidal Products of Consumer Chemical Products Subject To Safety Confirmation (1 copy). End of the notice.
Source: Chemical Product Management System>Announcements>LINK
Attached:[Official Paper] Implementation of Biocides Control System for Manufacturers and Importers of CCPS.pdf
[Attachment] Notice regarding the implementation of the system for the approval of biocidal products in CCPS (refer to Att. 7).pdf
[Attachment]Refernce_7.pdf
Aug 16, 2022
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[Chemical Product Management System Announcement] Guidance for Modification and Supplement of Existing Biocides Subject to Approval Suspension untill 2022 (10th)]
1. Wishs all the best to your company
2. Regarding Doucuments: MOE Chemical Products Management Division-371( '21.9.2. ) , 449( '21.9.17. ), 469( '21.9.24. ) , 542('21.10.13.), 579('21.10.22.), 760('21.12.3.), 837('21.12.20)
NIER Chemicals Research Division-2188( '22.3.31.) , 3167( '22.5.11. )
3. According to the "Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act,"(Hereinafter, “Act”) if a member has not received a notification to start the evaluation by February 4, 2022 (Fri) regarding the approval of existing biocidal substances, we have repeatedly informed that it will be difficult to complete the evaluation within this year. However, we continue to identify deficiencies in the submitted approval application materials, so we are providing detailed guidance on the deadline for modifying and supplementing the materials. Please promptly make the necessary modifications and supplements.
A. Subject: The companies (representatives and members) that applied for approval of existing biocide that are subject to approval suspension until '22 under Article 18 of the Act and the companies that notifiy existing biocide.
B. Modification and supplementation deadline: Based on Article 14 and Article 10 of the Act, the deadline for modification and supplementation of the evaluation materials takes into account the minimum legal period required for the approval evaluation of biocide.
Deadline for completion of modification and supplementation in the completeness review stage
-July 31, 2022 (CHEMP block)
Deadline for completion of modification and supplementation for substances that have started evaluation
- August 31, 2022 (CHEMP block)
※ After the above date, the modification and supplementation function for the '22 approval deferred existing biocide approval applications in the Chemical Product Management System (CHEMP) will be blocked, and the relevant application will be rejected.
C. Measures for rejected or voluntarily withdrawn substance approvals: For substances where approval is difficult to obtain within this year due to the administrative process period under the law and maintaining the status of existing biocide under Article 18 of the Act is difficult, the designation of the existing biocide status will be revoked immediately (within this year of 2022), and manufacturing, import, sale, and distribution of the substance will be prohibited.
However, if a '2022 temporary production/import plan (Attachment 3)' is prepared within 10 days of the notification of rejection/voluntary withdrawal (by July 31 for cases that have already been voluntarily withdrawn [Reference 2 of Attachment 2]) and submitted to our institute (nierbiocide1@korea.kr), manufacturing and import of the substance will be allowed until December 31. (Inquiry: 1800-4840)
D. Obligation to provide information: Company that have notified existing biocide subject to approval and have been rejected · voluntarily withdrawn, or have not submitted the application documents must notify the lower-tier users (companies that manufacture or import biocidal products or treated products, etc.) of the discontinuation of the manufacture or import of the relevant substance.
4. Additionally, companies that manufacture or import biocidal products or biocidal treated products must comply with the grace period for product manufacturing and importation according to Articles 3 and 4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, and take necessary measures in advance to avoid any violations of relevant laws and regulations.
Attached:
Existing guidance letter and notice of the deadline for reporting and approval of existing biocide subject to approval extension in 2022.
Notification of the deadline for modification and supplementation of existing biocide to approval extension in 2022.
2022 Temporary Manufacturing/Import Plan (Form) for rejected or voluntarily withdrawn biocide. End.
Source: Chemical Product Management System>Announcements>LINK
Attached:Attachment 1. Existing guidance document (9 copies) and 'guidance on notification and approval application deadlines for existing living organisms subject to approval deferral in 2022' (1 copy)..zip
Attachment 2. Modification and supplement deadlines of existing biocides subject to approval suspension untill 2022 .hwp
Attachment 3. 2022 temporary production/import plan for rejection/voluntary withdrawal biocide.hwp
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