Overview of Chemical Regulations in Korea

韩国化学品法规概述

In Korea, many ministries are involved inmanaging chemicals to protect human health or the environment from the hazardof chemicals. Chemicals are regulated by various laws based on their uses and hazardproperties. The table below summarizes some main chemical control laws andcorresponding authorities in Korea.

在韩国，许多部门都参与化学品的管理，以保护人类健康以及保护环境免受化学品的危害。化学品根据其用途和危害特性受到各种法律的制约。下表总结了韩国一些主要的化学品管理法律和监管部门。

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 In this topic, we will focus on industrialchemical laws.

在这个主题中，我们将重点关注工业化学品法案。

The Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc of ChemicalSubstances

化学物质注册和评估法

The Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc of ChemicalSubstances(K-REACH) was promulgated on 22 May 2013 by the Ministry ofEnvironment in South Korea and it comes into force on 1 Jan 2015. The Act isalso well-known as Korea REACH due to its similarity to the EU REACHregulation.

化学物质注册和评估法（K-REACH）于2013年5月22日由韩国环境部颁布，于2015年1月1日起实施。由于该法与欧盟REACH法规相似，因此也被称为韩国REACH法规。

Under K-REACH, any person who intends to manufacture orimport a new chemical substance or at least one ton per year of a designatedexisting chemical substance subject to registration shall register the chemicalsubstance before he/she manufactures or imports. K-REACH also sets outrequirements for companies to report the volume and uses of substances theymanufacture/import and notify products containing hazardous chemicals substance.

根据K-REACH，任何打算制造或进口新化学物质的人员或每年有一吨必须注册的指定的现有化学物质，在制造或进口前需对化学物质进行注册。K-REACH还规定了公司报告其生产/进口物质的数量和用途的要求，并告知含有危险化学物质的产品。

Chemical Control Act(CCA)

化学品管理法（CCA）

The chemicals control act(previously toxic chemicalscontrol act) passed national assembly in May in 2013 and it comes into force on1 Jan 2015. It is a new law focusing on chemical accident prevention andreporting. Under CCA, any person who intends to set up and operate toxicchemicals handling facilities shall prepare Off-site consequence analysisreport that evaluates the impact of a potential chemical accident on thesurrounding environment and population.

化学品管理法（先前为有毒化学品管理法）于2013年5月通过国民议会，并于2015年1月1日起实施。这是一项重点关注化学品事故预防和报告的新法律。根据CCA，任何打算建立和经营有毒化学品处理设施的人员，应制定场外后果分析报告，评估潜在化学事故对周边环境和人口的影响。

CCA also requires that any person who handles accidentprone chemicals in excess of a certain amount prepare and submit a contingencyplan every five years.

 CCA还要求处理超过一定数量的频发化学物质的人员每5年准备一次应急计划。

Occupational Safety and Health Act(OSHA)

职业安全和健康法（OSHA）

OSHA regulates the use of chemicals in workplace with agoal of protecting workers from exposure to hazardous chemicals. Like K-REACH,OSHA requires that any person who manufactures or imports new substancesinvestigate the hazards of new substances and submit the investigation reportto the Ministry of Employment and Labor(Article 40). Usually companies submitnew substance notifications to the National Institute of EnvironmentalResearch(NIER) of the Ministry of Environment who then share hazard informationwith the Ministry of Employment and Labor. One difference is that OSHA requiressome hazard data for the registration of new substances(0.1~1t/y) while theregistration of new substances(0.1~1t/y) under K-REACH does not require anyhazard data before 2020.

OSHA对工作场所使用的化学品进行规定，目的是保护工人免受危险化学品的危害。如K-REACH一样，OSHA要求任何制造或进口新物质的人员调查新物质的危害，并向劳动部提交调查报告（第40条）。通常公司向国家环境研究所（NIER）的环境部提交新物质的通知，然后与就业和劳动部共享危险信息。一个区别是，OSHA需要一些新物质注册的危险数据（0.1〜1t / y），而在2020年之前，K-REACH注册新物质（0.1〜1t / y）不需要任何危险数据。

Under OSHA, any person who transfers or supplies achemical substance or preparation shall classify the chemical according tonational classification standards, prepare a SDS and label it properly ifclassification criterion is met(article 41).

根据OSHA，任何转移或提供化学物质或制剂的人员应按照国家分类标准对化学品进行分类，准备SDS，并在符合分类标准的情况下对其进行标记（第41条）。

In addition to that, OSHA gives the Ministry ofEmployment and Labor the authority to set exposure limits for harmful agents,many of which are chemicals.

除此之外，OSHA允许就业和劳动部有权对有害物质设定接触限值，而其中大多数是化学品。

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