FYI on Korean RoHS..there is a link to data in the email

 
 
John Burke
 
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Subject: Implementing Measures of the Korean RoHS Act Out in December 2007

Implementing Measures of the Korean RoHS Act Out in December 2007
 
(2 January 2008) The Enforcement Ordinance of and the Enforcement
Regulation of the Act  on the Recycling of Electrical and Electronic
Equipment and Vehicles was gazetted on 28 December 2007 (Presidential
Decree No.20480) and 31 December 2007 (Ministry of the Environment
Ordinance No.267), respectively.

Most importantly, the main requirements (e.g. restriction on the use of
hazardous substances, annual recycling rate, provision of recycling
information) of the Enforcement Ordinance of 28 December 2007 will enter
into force on 1 July 2008. I.e. products put on the market after 1 July
2008 will be subject to regulatory control of the Act  on the Recycling of
Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles and its implementing
measures. For products put on the market after 1 January 2008 and before 1
July 2008, they shall be in compliance with the Act as of 1 January 2011.

Amongst others, the Enforcement Ordinance of 28 December 2007 provides
requirements on: a) products subject to restriction on the use of hazardous
substances; b) concentration limits of hazardous substances; c)
establishment of annual recycling rate; d) declaration on the compliance
with the concentration limits of hazardous substances; e) provision of
recycling information; f) mandatory recycling rate for electrical and
electronic equipment; g) recycling rate and methods for end-of-life
vehicles; h) permission of collective recycling schemes; i) submission of
recycling performance for end-of-life vehicles; and ) registration of end-
of-life vehicle recyclers.

The Enforcement Regulation of 31 December 2007 contains a) recycling
methods and standards of electrical and electronic equipment, b) submission
of a recycling requirement implementation plan, c) submission of a
recycling requirement implementation report, and d) standards for the
registration of end-of-life vehicle recyclers.

The English version of the Act  on the Recycling of Electrical and
Electronic Equipment and Vehicles (전기·전자제품 및 자동차의 자원순환에
관한 법률) is accessible from the Korea Environmental Council in Europe
(PDF).

Please find further details at http://www.korea-helpdesk.eu.


Alice PARK

Senior Communication Manager
 
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