Korea REACH

AREC ("Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances") has been in force since January 1, 2015, and the revised version since January 1, 2019. This is also referred to as K-REACH.

New chemicals with a volume of ≥0.1ton/year and existing chemicals ≥1 ton/year must be registered under K-REACH in order to authorize manufacture, import, use and sale. Domestic manufacturers or importers are obliged to register and foreign manufacturer could appoint an Only Representative (OR) to fulfill their legal obligation.

Data requirements

Physico-chemical Properties

	Test Method OECD TG	0.1-1 t/a	1-10 t/a	10-100 t/a	100-1,000 t/a	>1,000 t/a
Physical state		X	X	X	X	X
Water solubility	105	X	X	X	X	X
Melting/freezing point	102	X	X	X	X	X
Boiling point	103	X	X	X	X	X
Vapor pressure	104	X	X	X	X	X
Partition coefficient n-octanol/water	117, 107, 123		x	x	x	x
Relative density	109		X	X	X	X
Granulometry	110		X	X	X	X
Flammability				X	X	X
Explosive property				X	X	X
Oxidizing property				X	X	X
Viscosity	114				O	O
Dissociation costant	112				O	O

Toxicology

	Test Method OECD TG	0.1-1 t/a	1-10 t/a	10-100 t/a	100-1,000 t/a	>1,000 t/a
Acute oral toxicity*)	423	x	x	x	x	x
Acute dermal toxicity (or inhalation) *)	402, 403			x (O)	x (O)	x (O)
Skin corrosion/irritation*)	404 IVT		x	x	x	x
Eye corrosion/irritation*)	405 IVT			x	x	x
Skin sensitization*)	406/429 IVT		x	x	x	x
Ames test	471	x	x	x	x	x
In vitro chromosome aberration	473/487			x	x	x
In vitro gene mammalian or in vivo chromosome aberration*)	476, 474/475			x	x	x
Additional mutation test (germ cell mutagenicity etc.) *)					O	O
Repeated toxicity (28 days) *)	407/410/412			x	x	x
Repeated toxicity (90 days) *)	408/409, 411, 413					O
Carcinogenicity*)	451/453					O
Screening for reproductive/development toxicity*)	421/422			O	O	O
Pre‐natal developmental toxicity study*)	414					O
Two‐generation reproductive toxicity*)	416					O

Ecotoxicology

	Test Method OECD TG	0.1-1 t/a	1-10 t/a	10-100 t/a	100-1,000 t/a	>1,000 t/a
Short-term fish toxicity	203	x	x	x	x	x
Short-term daphnid toxicity	202		x	x	x	x
Algae growth inhibition	201			x	x	x
Long-term fish toxicity	210/212/215				O	O
Long-term daphnid toxicity	211				O	O
Short-term toxicity to plants*)	227				O	O
Long-term toxicity testing on plants*)						O
Short-term toxicity to invertebrates (earthworm)	207				O	O
Long-term toxicity testing on invertebrates (earthworm)	222					O
Long-term toxicity to sediment organisms	218/219					O
Activated sludge respiration inhibition test	209				O	O
Ready biodegradability	301/310	x	x	x	x	x
Hydrolysis as a function of pH	111			x	x	x
Inherent biodegradability	302				O	O
Identification of degradation products					O	O
Bioconcentration*)	305					O
Adsorption/desorption screening test	106/121				O	O
Additional adsorption/desorption screening						O
Fate and behavior in the environment						O