K-BPR

In accordance with the ‘Consumer Chemical Products And Biocides Safety Control Act’, which has been in force since January 1, 2019, biocides and biocidal products must receive approval being released to the market.

Legal obligation

① Notification of Existing Active Ingredients

② Approval of Active substances(Biocidal substances)

Legal obligator

A person who intends to manufacture or import an Existing active substances

A person who intends to manufacture or import active substances

Biocides and Biocidal products

Any biocidal product or treated article distributed in the Republic of Korea prior to December 31, 2018

Biocides intended for use in biocidal products

③ Approval of Biocidal products

④ Compliance of Safety standards and Lamelling standards

A person who intends to manufacture or import biocidal products

A person who intends to manufacture or import treated article

Biocides products intended to be sold or distributed in Korea

Biocides treatment products intended to be sold or distributed in Korea

Any chemical substance, natural substance, or microbe used to remove, render harmless, or inhibit any harmful organism

Any of the following products with the main purpose of removal, etc. of harmful organisms

-A product composed of one or more active substances, or a product with a mixture of a active substance and a chemical substance, a natural substance, or a microbe which is not a active substance

-A product generating a active substance from a chemical substance or a mixture of a chemical substance or natural substance or a microbe

Any product in which a biocidal product has been used for an ancillary purpose of removal, etc. of harmful organisms other than the main function of the product