The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act (K-BPR)

The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act is a new chemical regulation proposed by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) in South Korea. Also known as K-BPR, the Act regulates consumer chemical products, biocidal product and biocide-treated articles. It is promuglated on 20 March 2018 and come into force on 1 Jan 2019. 

The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act (K-BPR) can be broken into 2 parts: consumer chemical products and biocides. The consumer chemical product part is transferred from K-REACH while the biocide part is taken from EU biocidal products regulation (BPR). For consumer chemical products designated as products subject to safety confirmation, the Act requires that companies comply with relevant product safety and labelling standards and confirm compliance to authority by carrying out testing in designated labs (KEITI, etc.) once every 3 years. For biocidal products (both active substances and formulated products), the Act requires that companies apply for pre-market approval from the Ministry of Environment (MOE). In addition, the Act has set some rules for biocide-treated articles.

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KBPR생활화학제품 및 살생물제의 안전관리에 관한 법률(법률)(제18170호)(20211231) (2).pdf