"Chemical tracking system approved by South Korea’s cabinet"

"South Korea’s state council, or cabinet, has approved an amendment to the Chemical Control Act (CCA), which introduces a comprehensive chemical tracking system, despite industry concerns. The amendment, which was approved on 2 April, will now proceed to parliament. Revisions to the Act, proposed in May last year and notified to the WTO in February, include: a tracking system for chemicals that are manufactured in, or imported into, the country, which uses a ‘universal chemical tracking number’ to monitor chemical use, storage and sales; a ‘notification of chemicals verification’ for imports, which consolidates the substance verification statement and toxic substances import declaration; and provision for the appointment of an overseas manufacturer’s representative, where an importer cannot establish a substance’s content."