05152006 《韓國RoHS》法規已送交WTO審核

《韓國RoHS》法規已送交WTO審核

韓國已於2006年3月30日將RoHS法規正式送交世界貿易組織 (WTO)審核。該法規的全名為《電子電器產品及車輛的資源回收法令》(The Act for Resource Recycling of Electrical/Electronic Products and Automobiles)，管制的範圍包括：所有的電子電器產品與廢棄車輛。初步了解韓國RoHS法規的涵蓋範圍極為廣泛，包含歐盟的RoHS、WEEE以及ELV指令。該法規的重點如下：

若該法令通過的話，將由韓國環保署(Ministry of Environment , MoE)制定『排外條款』；但該法令尚未具體指出排外項目的申請程序及有害物質的最高濃度限值等細節。
為了提高電子電器產品與廢棄車輛的回收率，該法令規定產品上必須有『有害物質的含量示』。
產品的『環保設計』應優先考量：可回收材質的使用及簡易拆解設計的採用。
擴大『生產商的責任』，生產商應自行負責回收產品，或付費加入共同的回收體系。
韓國環保署與商業、工業及能源署將公佈『有害物質的分析方法』以及『回收率的評估方法』。但是具體的時間表目前則尚未明確指出。
製造商須負責收集有害物質的資料以證明產品符合該法規。此外，必要時也需提出相關資料給政府官員。
另一方面，該法令也針對『罰款』的部份做詳細的規定。例如：製造商若未提供有害物質的資料給政府官員將被判入獄一年以及罰款，最高至50,000韓幣。
實施日期：預定在『2007年7月1日』實施。
※ 目前，該法令尚待審核中，詳細內容待韓國官方正式公佈後將另行通知。

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First look at Korea RoHS legislation

Korea issued its RoHS/WEEE/ELV-like legislation called "The Act for Resource Recycling of Electrical/Electronic Products and Automobiles” to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on March 30, 2006. As a first look at the new legislation, the scope is very broad and inclusive and has RoHS, ELV, and WEEE aspects to it. Anything electrical or electronic (as well as parts) is included along with automobiles.

The environmental legislation targets the following:

1. Restriction of materials, which are not yet specified.
1.1 Once the proposed Act is passed these will be defined. Consistency with EU RoHS is expected, according to the Korea Ministry of Environment (MoE).
1.2 Exemptions for materials with no known substitute or those that cannot be eliminated from a product will be allowed and will be prescribed by the MoE.
1.3 An exemption request process and maximum concentration values are not specified.
2. Marking of products based on hazardous material content in order to improve recycling efficiency (along with a welcome note that international harmonization and mutual recognition of marking standards would be preferable)
3. Design for Environment ("improvement in material/structure aspect") via the use of more recyclable materials and simpler disassembly.
4. Extended producer responsibility through ownership of the recycling process or joining a "collective", termed a "Recycling Business Mutual Aid Association" (Fees are to be announced.)
5. The Minister of Environment and the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy will determine and publish methods for analyzing hazardous substances, and methods to evaluate improvement in material/structure aspect and recyclability/recoverability. No timeframe has been indicated for this.
6. Manufacturers will be responsible for, among other things, collecting and managing the material composition data that shows their compliance to the law, in addition to having to show this to credentialed government officials on demand.
7. The one aspect of this legislation that is spelled out in fair detail is the penalty provision. For example, failure to provide data to government officials regarding material composition could result in one year in jail and a fine of up to $50,000.
8. Note that the targets an enforce date of July 1, 2007.

Source: Green Supply Line in USA http://www.greensupplyline.com/howto/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=1OXCNCATIP3FIQSNDBCCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=185302648