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On May 30, 2024, the National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS), an institution operating under the Ministry of Environment of South Korea, announced that it will newly designate 11 chemical …
South Korea
On May 28, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that it plans to introduce a computer-based chemical toxicity prediction software called from 2027 in order to …
South Korea
The Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that it enacted the partial amendment (June 2023) to the Noise and Vibration Control Act on June 14, 2024. In order …
South Korea
On April 2, 2024, the Korea Consumer Agency announced that it had detected Short-chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs), a persistent organic pollutant (POP) exceeding relevant European standards in some products, as …
South Korea
On April 21, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that from April 22 to June 21, 2024, it will inspect about 400 business establishments nationwide that …
South Korea
On April 30, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea started implementing partially revised regulation titled “Regulation on Standards for Product Packaging Materials and Packaging Methods,” which was …
South Korea
On April 29, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that the governing power over the registration and evaluation of chemicals and the approval of consumer chemical …
South Korea
The Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that on April 11, 2024, a partial amendment to the Presidential Decree on the Act on Liability for Environmental Damage and …
South Korea
On March 28, 2024, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced that it will implement Labeling Program for Recycled Raw Materials Made from Waste Plastics beginning on March 29, 2024 …
South Korea
Upon the start of full implementation of the Energy Efficiency Grading Scheme for electric vehicles (EVs) on April 1, 2024, it becomes mandatory to attach energy grading labels to every …
South Korea
On March 28, 2024, the South Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) issued a Notice on the Names, Hazards, Risks, and Annual Manufacture and Import Quantities of New Chemical …
South Korea
On March 28, 2024, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea unveiled a proposed amendment (MOE Public Notice No. 2024-213) to the Designation of Consumer Chemical Products Subject to Safety …
South Korea
On March 26, 2024, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) signed an agreement with five electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling companies to launch a pilot project to certify recycled materials …
South Korea
On February 23, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that it has prepared and issued Guidelines for Safety Management of Biocidal-Treated Products (Automobiles), which provides detailed …
South Korea
On March 1, 2024, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea (MOTIE) announced that a safety standard inspection conducted on a total of 1,008 products in 71 …
South Korea
On February 23, 2024, the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced that it has drafted a new amendment to the Operational Regulation on Equipment for Efficiency …
South Korea
On February 6, 2024, the South Korean government promulgated a partial amendment to the Act on the Allocation and Trading of Greenhouse Gas Emission Permits. The amendment newly introduces charges …
South Korea
On February 6, 2024, the South Korean government promulgated and enforced an amendment to the Chemicals Control Act, exempting waste toxic substances from the scope of the Act. Accordingly, waste …
South Korea
On March 15, 2024, the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) announced that it investigated into the current state of packaging and advertising of consumer chemical products, 14 out of 50 products …
South Korea
On January 31, 2024, the Environment and Labor Committee of the National Assembly of South Korea published a new draft amendment to the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act …
South Korea
On January 9, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea promulgated a newly revised version of the Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (hereinafter “K-REACH“). MOE stated …
South Korea
On January 22, 2024, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), an agency operating under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea, revised and officially notified …
South Korea
On January 24, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that, in accordance with the full revision of the pre-existing Framework Act on Resources Circulation into the …
South Korea
On January 23, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that it has formulated a draft amendment to the Regulations on the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, …
South Korea
The South Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) has announced a preliminary legislative notice to revise the Appendix 5 (“Dry Batteries”) to the Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety …
South Korea
South Korea’s Ministry of Environment announced that a proposed partial amendment to the Presidential Decree on the Clean Air Conservation Act, mainly aimed at tightening control on uncertified exhaust gas …
South Korea
On December 15, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that it has formulated a draft amendment to the Evaluation Criteria for Grading the Recyclability of Packaging …
South Korea
From December 12, 2023 to January 2, 2024, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued a preliminary legislative notice on the Standards and Methods for Labeling of Use Ratio …
South Korea
On January 9, 2024, the South Korean government announced that the proposed amendments to the Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (hereinafter “K-REACH“) and the Chemicals Control Act (hereinafter …
South Korea
On January 2, 2024, the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced the promulgation of a new revision to the Operational Regulation on Equipment for Efficiency Management …
South Korea
On December 28, 2023, the National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS) of South Korea issued Notice on the Installation and Management of Hazardous Chemical Handling Facilities in the Semiconductor and …
South Korea
On December 20, 2023, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), a subordinate organization of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea, held an event titled …
South Korea
The Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued a legislative notice of amendment to the Notice on the Long-Term Recycling Target Rates for Products and Packaging Materials for FY2027. It …
South Korea
On November 23, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) operating under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that the deferred approval period for 138 existing …
South Korea
On November 22, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), an institution operating under the Ministry of Environment of South Korea, announced the release of Mixtures Classification and Labeling …
South Korea
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) of South Korea issued a preliminary notice of legislation of a draft partial amendment to the Notice on the Designation of Toxic Substances …
South Korea
On November 27, 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE), together with Reps. Noh Woong-rae and Lim Lee-ja, both of which are members of the National Assembly Committee on …
South Korea
On August 24, 2023, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) and the President’s Office held the Fourth Regulatory Innovation Strategy Meeting under the initiative of President Yoon, announcing that the …
South Korea
On November 23, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that it has formulated a draft amendment to one of the country’s key BPR (biocidal products regulation) …
South Korea
On October 19, 2023, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), an agency under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea, began the full implementation of …
South Korea
On November 7, 2023, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced that it has formulated draft amendments to the Enforcement Order and Enforcement Rules of the Act on the …
South Korea
The Ministry of Environment of South Korea is holding a 20-day a preliminary legislative notice from October 31, 2023 to November 20, 2023 on the proposal of the Notice on …
South Korea
On November 2, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that in order to further promote the use of recycled materials, it will further reduce the mandatory …
South Korea
On October 26, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea issued two public notices proposing new amendments to the Enforcement Order and the Enforcement Rules of the Clean …
South Korea
On September 22, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea issued a public notice (MOE Notice 2023-554) titled “Results of the Examination on the Priority among Permitted Substances,” …
South Korea
On November 3, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea issued two public notices proposing to amend the Enforcement Order and the Enforcement Rules of the Act on …
South Korea
On September 27, 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea promulgated the latest revision of the Enforcement Rules of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). The …
South Korea
On October 4, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) functioning under the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced, in relation to the proposed amendment to the Notice …
South Korea
On October 4, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) functioning under the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced that it would newly stipulate 56 highly hazardous substances, …
South Korea
On September 26, 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea disclosed the names, hazards, risks, and related precautions for workers of 55 new chemical substances that were …
South Korea
On September 27, 2023, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea (MOTIE) issued a notice and enforced the Regulations on Requirements for Environmentally Friendly Vehicles in accordance …
South Korea
On September 15, 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the Korea Petrochemical Industry Association (KPIA) held an event titled “2023 Ozone Layer Protection Day” …
South Korea
On October 4, 2023, the South Korean government enforced amended versions of subordinate regulations of the Chemicals Control Act, namely the Presidential Decree on the Chemicals Control Act and the …
South Korea
On September 1, 2023, the South Korean government issued a notice that enforced a revision of the Regulations on Energy Efficiency and Grade Labeling of Motor Vehicles on the same …
South Korea
On September 6, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea issued a notice of proposed amendment to the Designation of, and Safety and Labeling Standards for, Consumer Chemical …
South Korea
On August 30, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced a draft amendment to the Eco-label Target Products and Certification Criteria (MOE Notice No. 2023-504). The proposed …
South Korea
On August 25, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced proposed amendments to the Enforcement Order and Enforcement Rules of the Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of …
South Korea
On August 16, 2023, the South Korean government promulgated and enforced a partially amended version of the Act on Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles. The law …
South Korea
On July 31, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (hereinafter “MOE” or “the Ministry”) of South Korea announced that it would give preliminary notice of legislation on a draft decree to …
South Korea
On July 10, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea published an proposed amendment to the Regulations on the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances …
South Korea
On August 3, 2023, the South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced that it will issue a preliminary notice of legislation of draft partial amendments to the Presidential Decree on …
South Korea
On July 11, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) operating under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea issued a public notice that proposes to amend the …
South Korea
On July 21, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that it would make it mandatory for those who apply for permits for importing or selling any …
South Korea
On July 14, 2023, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of South Korea held the inauguration ceremony of “K-Eco Design Council” at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and …
South Korea
The Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that the Noise and Vibration Control Act, which has been revised to further address the issue of noise from two-wheeled vehicles, …
South Korea
On June 30, 2023, the South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced that it will reassess the safety of allethrin (Cas No. 231937-89-6), a biocidal substance, and will take action …
South Korea
On June 30, 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea announced that it would publish names, hazards, risks, and related precautions for workers of 71 new chemical …
South Korea
On June 19, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) functioning under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the South Korea revised the Notice on the Calculation Method of …
South Korea
On June 20, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), an agency belonging to the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced that it planned to designate three highly …
South Korea
On June 9, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that the latest revised version of the Regulations on Types of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Specific Exemptions …
South Korea
On June 1, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) functioning under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea promulgated revisions of the Notice on Designation of Toxic …
South Korea
On May 23, 2023, the South Korean government announced that a new revision to the Presidential Decree on the Noise and Vibration Control Act would take effect on July 1, …
South Korea
The Ministry of Employment and Labor of the Republic of Korea notified re-legislation of partial amendments to the Presidential Decree on Occupational Safety and Health Act from May 26, 2023 …
South Korea
On June 8, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) functioning under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced the results of a hazard review conducted on …
South Korea
On May 10, 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced that it will raise energy efficiency standards for four items, namely electric hot and cold …
South Korea
On May 26, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) of South Korea announced that it would add four biocidal substances to and eliminate three ones from the list …
South Korea
On April 10, 2023, the 2050 Carbon Neutral Green Growth Committee discussed and approved the draft of the First National Master Plan for Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth (hereinafter the …
South Korea
On April 18, 2023, the government of South Korea announced the promulgation of the revised Act on Liability for Environmental Damage and Relief thereof (hereinafter “the Act”).
South Korea
On April 4, 2023, the government of South Korea promulgated the revised version of the Presidential Decree of Water Environment Conservation Act, which was enforced on the same date.
South Korea
On April 18, 2023, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced the revision and promulgation of the Presidential Decree and enforcement rules on the Act on …
South Korea
On March 28, 2023, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced to add color and weight standards to 1) packaging material and structure standards and 2) evaluation criteria for …
South Korea
On April 16, 2023, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced its plan to conduct intensive inspections on the compliance with provisions of the Chemicals Control Act and impose …
South Korea
The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) conducted a survey on the current situation of recyclability grading of cosmetic containers, which are required to be undergone under the Packaging Recyclability Grading System. …
South Korea
South Korea Ministry of Environment promulgated a revised version of the 2023 Mandatory Recycling Rates by Product and Packaging Material (Ministry of Environment Notification No. 2023-54) and announced that it …
South Korea
On March 10, 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea launched the Industrial Safety and Health Laws and Regulations Improvement Promotion Group, comprised of experts from various …
South Korea
On February 27, 2023, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced the Strategy for Securing Key Minerals, explaining that it has selected 33 key minerals such …
South Korea
South Korea Ministry of Environment issued a legislative notice for partial amendments to the Enforcement Rules of the Clean Air Conservation Act from March 17 to April 27, 2023.
South Korea
On March 30, 2023, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced proposed amendments to the Enforcement Decree and …
South Korea
South Korea Ministry of Environment issued an administrative notice on proposed partial revision of the Annual Penetration Target for Low-emission and Zero-emission Vehicles from March 17 to April 5, 2023. …
South Korea
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea (hereinafter referred to as MOTIE) has issued an administrative notice on proposed notification to partially amend the Regulations on Energy …
South Korea
Following the amendment of the Noise and Vibration Control Act on December 30, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment issued a legislative notice from February 9 to March 21, 2023, …
South Korea
On February 27, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment issued draft amendment to the Designation of, and Safety and Labeling Standards for, Consumer Chemical Products Subject to Safety Verification (Ministry …
South Korea
On February 27, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced that five proposed amendments to environmental laws including the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources passed …
South Korea
On February 21, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy publicly announced a new proposed amendment to the Operational Regulation on Equipment for Efficiency Management and announced that …
South Korea
On February 11, 2023, the South Korean government announced the enforcement of the latest revision (promulgated on February 10, 2022) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Consumer Chemical Products and …
South Korea
The Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea issued legislative notices for proposed partial amendments to the Enforcement Decree of the Industrial Safety and Health Act and Enforcement Rules …
South Korea
On January 31, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced the key tasks for 2023 to enhance the implementation of carbon neutrality. It was structured to foster green industries and …
South Korea
On January 18, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced the results of the Fourth (2020) Statistical Survey on Chemicals showing that 31,600 types and 686.8 million tons of chemical …
South Korea
On January 31, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced a key promotion plan in the field of resource recycling for the year 2023. Starting with the promulgation of the …
South Korea
On January 27, 2023, South Korea Ministry of Environment notified the proposed amendments to the Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Regulations of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling …
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