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November 10, 2014

K-REACH:  What You Need to Know to Do Business in South Korea in 2015

The ACTA Group

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Thursday, December 4, 2014
Two webinars optimized for EU and U.S. participants
EU-focused: 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. (EST)/11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (GMT)
U.S.-focused: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (EST)/6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (GMT)

The Toxic Chemicals Control Act (TCCA) of 1991 — the key law addressing the basic management of industrial chemicals — will be divided, as of January 1, 2015, into two regulatory schemes: South Korea’s newly minted chemical management law, the Act on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical Substances that has come to be called K-REACH, and the Chemical Control Act (CCA).

The Acta Group (Acta®) will present a complimentary webinar to assist companies in preparing for K-REACH. Topics will include:

  • K-REACH Overview
  • Current Regulatory Environment
  • K-REACH Key Milestones
  • Data Sharing, Data Compensation, and Measures to Protect Data Investment
  • Strategy for Foreign Companies under K-REACH
  • Where Companies Should Be Now in Their Planning for K-REACH

Speakers include well-recognized experts on K-REACH: Leslie S. MacDougall, Acta’s Director of Regulatory Affairs; J. Brian Xu, M.D., Ph.D., DABT®, Acta’s Asian scientific affairs expert and toxicologist; Lara A. Hall, MS, RQAP-GLP, Acta’s data development expert; Yongsoon Park, President of Sustainable Health, Environment, and Safety Chemical Consulting (SHES) of South Korea; and Dr. Eunjung Lee, Director, SHES. The webinar will be moderated by Lynn L. Bergeson, President of Acta. The 90-minute presentation will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A with webinar participants.

This webinar has now occurred. To receive presentation slides and a recording of the webinar, please contact chad.howlin@lawbc.com