In order to promote K-REACH registration and reduce the registration cost of small and medium-sized enterprises in South Korea, the Korean government issued the announcement of registration whole process support program (the fifth time) in March 2024. The specific content of the whole process support program announcement is as follows:
I. Program Support Object
Existing chemical substances that South Korean small and medium-sized enterprises focus on and hope to complete registration at an early date, and must meet the following requirements:
- substances with registration exemptions from 2027 to 2030 (annual production/import volume of more than 1t/a and less than 100t/a, except CMR substances)
- more than 2 small and medium-sized Korean enterprises are active members in the consortium, with substances to be registered within 2 years.
- substances that can form a consortium, select the lead registrant and confirm active members
II. Support Program Content
i. Cost Support for Joint Registration of Existing Chemical Substances
-- from the formation of the consortium (select the lead registrant) to the completion of the registration
Development Process of Consortium Registration
ii. Detailed Cost Support Contents
(a). Registration consulting fees
The composition and operation of the consortium, material identity confirmation and data gap analysis, test data program determination, use investigation, CSR data production, registration file production, etc.
※ The Korean government supports the relevant consulting fees required for the joint registration of small and medium-sized enterprises among active members; large enterprises in the consortium and foreign manufacturers and producers shall bear their own consulting fees.
(b). Harmful test data fees
Partial support is provided for the test data fees generated by GLP test institutions in Korea: 80-95% of the animal replacement test support costs and 60-70% of the general test support costs.
※ No support is provided for the purchase cost of test data.
(c). Exposure scenario production
Exposure scenario production mainly includes government-supported materials such as harmful information DB construction materials, harmful data production support software (K-Chesar), and exposure scenario production tools(ESD&T).
III. Program Application and Object Selection
- Application time: May 2, 2024 to 14:00 May 31, 2024
- Application object: lead registrant of the consortium
- Application method: apply through the Chemical Substance Registration Support System (sbm.kcma.or.kr)
- Selection results: will be published on the homepage of relevant websites around mid-June, 2024.
- Related websites: Korea Chemical Material Management Association: www.kcma.or.kr ; Industry Help Center: www.chemnavi.or.kr ; Chemical Registration Support System: sbm.kcma.or.kr
IV. Relevant Notices
- The only representative of a foreign manufacturer in Korea, regardless of the actual size of the enterprise, is not a small and medium-sized enterprise supported by this support program.
- If the documents submitted are incomplete, the responsible agency may require supplementary, and may exclude the selection qualification of the support object; false application will be disqualified.
- If the program is abandoned midway or it is confirmed that the submission of false application materials, it may be restricted to participate in the support program carried out by the Association in the future.
- The selected substances in the whole process support program cannot be repeatedly supported by other support programs.
- If the lead registrant of the consortium is the same as the consulting agency, it will be restricted to participate in the support program.
- The ownership of the test materials produced by the production support cost of harmful test materials is jointly owned by the government and the enterprise in accordance with the proportion shared by the government and the enterprise, and the copyright is registered in the joint name.
- Only when the contract is signed with the consulting agency listed in the "Catalogue of Consulting Agencies to Participate in the Support Program in 2024" can the support program be applied for.
- The registration certificate of the lead registrant of the consortium should be submitted to the Association within 2 years ("26.6.30."). If the lead registrant is not the largest member of the registered tonnage in the consortium or the support object of CSR production, the corresponding member registration notice must be submitted within the program period (2026.6.30).
CIRS Group Korea, as one of the officially appointed consulting agencies of the support program, can joint qualified enterprises in and outside Korea to form a consortium to apply for the existing government support program for chemical substances, and assist enterprises to complete the corresponding registration work at the best cost. If you have any registration consulting questions, please feel free to contact us!
