Korea Certified Customs Attorney SJ

  Prior to importing a non-phase-in substance,  its importer shall complete one of the following under the ACT ON REGISTRATION AND EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES ( 화학물질의 등록 및 평가 등에 관한 법률 ): -         Registration -         Reporting -         Confirmation of exemption from registration -         Confirmation of exemption from reporting   If the result of search with CAS No. of the chemical substance in the Chemical Substance Information Process System ( https://kreach.me.go.kr/repwrt/mttr/en/mttrList.do ) shows KE No., we can confidently say it is a phase-in substance. However, what if the search result is blank? Does it mean that the searched chemical substance is a non-phase-in substance? The answer is not necessarily yes. Because the searched chemical substance can be a variant of a phase-in substance.   The...

If a chemical subject to the CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT ( 화학물질관리법 ) contains a toxic substance (regarding how to verify chemical substances, please refer to my previous post: https://koreacertifiedcustomsattorneysj.blogspot.com/2022/04/detailed-statement-of-verification-on.html ), pursuant to Article 20 (2) of the Act, a person who intends to import it shall submit a report on import in Form 23 attached to the ENFORCEMENT RULE OF THE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT ( 화학물질관리법 시행규칙 ) to the head of a local environmental agency, together with a document proving the ingredients of the toxic substance.   In Form 23, product name, country of export, use, annual import volume estimate, HS Code of Korea, product model number and specification, name, number (or CAS No.), and content (%) of toxic substance, etc. shall be input. The report can be filed electronically through the website, CSCA Petition 24 ( https://icis.me.go.kr/cdms/ ). In case the reported matters are changed (in th...