NEWS LETTER 2019.(VOL.30)

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[Newsletter No. 30] K-REACH Registration Statistics

Dear precious client,

We would like to share with you the registration statistics since K-REACH was enforced in 2015. The statistics is based on the information presented by the MOE and the NIER at the regular seminar held by KCMA(Korea Chemicals Management Association) on 14th and 15th of September 2017.

ISSUE & FOCUS

I. Current PEC Registration Statistics

I. Current PEC Registration Statistics

 1. Structural status of CICO(Chemical Substance Information Communicative Organizations) formation

Contents Total Large Enterprise Medium Enterprise Small Enterprise

Substance with
CICO formation 
among 510 PEC

 371      
PEC having LR 321 185 (58%) 72 (22%) 64 (20%)
Total number of joining CICO 4,370 1,671(38%) 1,240 (28%) 1,459 (34%)
Total number of company joining CICO 1,367 387 (28%) 341 (25%) 639 (47%)

* Number of PECs having LR has been updated to 331 as of 31st October 2017.

- Election of LR was not easy, because it was a burden for company to take LR's responsibility, and also companies are not sure yet whether they continue to manufacture or import the substance after grace period.

- Some of PEC substances with no members are identified as no circulation any more in the market.
 

2. Current PEC registration statistics
 

Content Total >1,000 ton 100-1,000 ton 10-100 ton

Number of Registration dossier submission

 10 out 16 have been completed its registration 4 1 11
 * Updated status until 31st October, 2017: 10 PEC substances are registered and 10 PEC registration dossiers are under review now.
 

II. Current New Chemical Registration statistics

II. Current New Chemical Registration Statistics

1. Number of registration

Period Low volume
(less than 1ton/yr) registration		 General
Registration(1ton/yr)		 Change in
Registration		 Total
2015 2,599 23 46 2,668
2016 2,298 67 63 2,428
Until June, 2017 864 49 41 954

   - Approx. 2,000 low volume registration dossier have been submitted.
   - Number of registration and change in registration seem to be increased

 
  2. Current registration status in uses

- 2,475 out of 5,900 identified use are ‘fragrance (odor agents)’ where it takes 42% in total.
- ‘Intermediate’ takes 12%.
 

3. Statistics for current new chemical registration based on tonnage band
 

< 10kg 10kg-100kg 100kg-1ton >1ton
35% 43% 20% 2%

- Less than 1ton of low volume registration takes 98% in total
- Greater than 1000ton of registration for 3 substances have been registered

4. Current status of NIER’s supplementary order to submit additional test report for hazard assessment as of June 30, 2017

- 1,018 cases have been submitted in response to the NIER’s supplementary order during hazard assessment.
- 855 cases have dropped its application after being ordered to submit additional data.

5. Major Issue of Registration supplementation

-  Major reasons for registration supplementation are lack of exposure information (detailed use or exposure information) and incorrect identification (e.g. incorrect chemical name, incorrect chemical structure and/or CAS No.)

III. Countermeasure of Industry

III. Countermeasure of Industry

- As the deadline of PEC registration is nearby, which is end of June 2018, not only the manufacturers and the importers, but also the downstream users using PEC should check registration completeness of relevant substances in advance.

- The registered new chemicals are mostly the substances having low volume (less than 100kg) and there is possibility that the registration for less than 100kg low volume can be changed to 'notification' according to K-REACH amendment, which will eventually reduce cost of the industry.

- It is essential to check whether a new chemical substance is included in the product manufactured, imported or purchased, and when a company registers his chemical, he makes sure to submit the accurate and detailed use, the exposure information and the substance identification information.

Chemtopia Co., Ltd. provides corresponding services to comply with amended and legislated regulations :

· Chemical registration service including Pre-registration, OR service, Read-across or QSAR approach, CSR preparation, Data sharing and negotiation
· Chemical inventory for regulatory tracking
· Support of regulatory monitoring and volume tracking with chemical management system
· Provision of domestic and foreign chemical regulatory database
· MSDS and label authoring system
· Test arranging & its monitoring with domestic and foreign test institutes

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