Similar to EU-REACH, the non-Korean manufacturer or producer exporting chemical substances or products containing hazardous chemical substances to Korea shall register the chemical substances or products under K-REACH. But to comply with the regulations of K-REACH in terms of reporting, registration, communication in supply chain, and product notification, non-Korean manufacture or producer shall appoint a qualified Only representative (OR) to fulfill the obligation under K-REACH. According to the Supplementary Rules of K-REACH, the appointed OR shall declare his appointment or dismissal by the non-Korean manufacturer or producer to the Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE). The OR shall be registered in Korea as a Korean business entity with a business address in Korea. Therefore, the OR may play a very important role through representing non-Korean manufacturer or exporter to comply with the all requirements, ease the hurdles and implement the compliance procedure under K-REACH.
The tasks of OR under K-REACH are:
- Annual report of quantity, use and change of all new chemical substances and the existing chemical substances ≥1 ton/year (Article 8 of K-REACH)
- Application for registration of all new chemical substances and the existing chemical substances subject to registration ≥1 ton/year (Article 10 of K-REACH)
- Application for confirmation of registration exemption of chemical substances (Article 11 of K-REACH)
- Declaration of changes of quantity, usage, hazard, risk of registered chemical substances (Article 12 of K-REACH)
- Shared use of existing data for registration application (Article 29 & 30 & 35 of K-REACH)
- Declaration of product containing hazardous chemical substances (Article 32 of K-REACH)
- Application for confirmation of declaration exemption of products containing hazardous chemical substances (Article 32 of K-REACH)
- Compliance with safety and labelling standards for product of concern over risk (Article 34 & 36 of K-REACH)