Today we have arranged some terminologies you should know for new chemical substance registration in Korea.
New chemical substance registration is managed by two governmental organizations: Ministry of Environment (MOE), and Ministry of Employment and Labor(MOEL).
Each of them has supporting organizations to support policies: National institute of Environmental Research (NIER), and Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA). For reference, there is one more supporting organization under the MOE: Korean Chemical Management Association (KCMA).
New chemical substances are regulated under the Toxic Chemicals Control Act (TCCA) by the ‘MOE’, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) by the ‘KOSHA’.
You can search for existing chemical substances in the Korean Existing Chemicals Inventory (KECI), available at National Chemicals Information System (NCIS).
The following are websites of above-mentioned organizations.
⊙ MOE: http://eng.me.go.kr/main.do
⊙ KCMA: http://www.kcma.or.kr/eng/index.asp
For more information on regulations in Korea, please feel free to post your question or send an e-mail to ehcho@namandnam.com.
For more information on regulations in Korea, please feel free to post your question or send an e-mail to ehcho@namandnam.com.
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