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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/KOR/899 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | Amendments to the notification of waste items…
Amendments to the notification of waste items with limited imports to promote domestic waste recycling.
Korea is trying to ban the import of waste plastic (PET/PE/PP/PS) to promote domestic waste recycling. Due to the drop in oil prices and the impact of Corona 19, as the amount of accumulated waste plastics in Korea increases and the instability of the recycling market increases, we intend to limit the import of waste plastics of some materials with a large amount of accumulated wastes in order to promote the recycling of waste plastics in Korea. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/KOR/912 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Revision of The Enforcement Decree of the Act on…
Revision of The Enforcement Decree of the Act on Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic and Vehicles.
Increase the number of electrical and electronic products that comply with maximum levels of hazardous substances from 26 to 49 when manufacturing or importing products and increase the number or hazardous substances from 6 to 10. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/KOR/916 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | Regulation on Energy Efficiency Management…
Regulation on Energy Efficiency Management Equipment.
The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Regulation on Energy Efficiency Management Equipment". The main changes proposed are: 1. Adjustment of standards for energy efficiency: Refrigerators, Air conditioners, Window-sets, Television sets 2. Indication of standards for medium- and long-term target energy efficiency: Refrigerators, Air conditioners, Television sets 3. Any manufacturer or importer of air conditioners shall indicate the Cooling Seasonal Performance Factor (CSPF) on the energy efficiency labeling. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/KOR/918 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | All products/economic activities | Draft partial amendment of the "Act on the…
Draft partial amendment of the "Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources".
The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Act on the promotion of saving and recycling of resources". The main changes proposed are: Mandatory labeling of the material and packaging method (including space ratio of packaging and the number of packaging) on the surface of packaging. In case of non-compliance, a fine of not more than three million won will be imposed. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/KOR/919 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | All products/economic activities | Draft partial amendment of the "Act on the…
Draft partial amendment of the "Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources".
Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Act on the promotion of saving and recycling of resources". The main changes proposed are: Mandatory labeling of the material and packaging method (including space ratio of packaging and the number of packaging) on the surface of packaging. In case of non-compliance, a fine of not more than three million won will be imposed. Annually, regular product surveys and inspections are conducted to confirm compliance and labeling. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/KOR/920 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Air pollution reduction, Climate change…
Air pollution reduction, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy conservation and efficiency
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Draft partial amendment of the Public Notice on…
Draft partial amendment of the Public Notice on Corporate Average Energy Efficiency Standards, Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Motor Vehicles and Application and Management of the Standards (Ministry of Environment Notice No. 2019-34, January 30, 2019) setting CO2 emissions performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles.
Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Public Notice on Corporate Average Energy Efficiency Standards, Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Motor Vehicles and Application and Management of the Standards". The main changes proposed are: 1) With regard to Korean's new automobile fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulation (2021~2030), the draft which was made public by the Ministry of Environment Notice No.2020-754 on August 31, 2020, the Ministry of Environment has taken into account improvements in manufacturers' fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions performance through the development of relevant technologies, and international standards with respect to fuel economy or greenhouse gas emissions in a manner consistent with Article 2.4 of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. 2) The Regulation sets a fleet target of 97 gCO2/km for passenger cars and a fleet target of 166 g CO2/km for light commercial vehicles in 2021, and the Ministry of Environment maintains these targets until 2022. From 2023 to 2030, the CO2targets will be strengthening from 95 gCO2/km in 2023 to 70 gCO2/km in2030 for passenger cars and from 164 gCO2/km in 2023 to 146 gCO2/km in2030 for light commercial vehicles. 3) The ME will provide three types of flexibility mechanisms, super-credits for ZEVs and Hybrid vehicles, incentives for manual transmission-equipped vehicles, LPG-fueled vehicles and derogations for small volume manufacturers. 4) Articles for trading CO2 credit will be also newly set for small volume manufacturers. |
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Quantitative Restrictions | G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Ban/Prohibition | Chemicals | 10. Prohibition on the importation and…
10. Prohibition on the importation and exportation of certain chemicals
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Quantitative Restrictions | G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, MEAs implementation and compliance
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Export licences, Import licences | Other | 11. Restriction on the importation and…
11. Restriction on the importation and exportation of certain endangered species
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Quantitative Restrictions | G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Biodiversity and ecosystem | Import licences | Other | 12. Restriction on the importation of certain…
12. Restriction on the importation of certain ecosystem disturbing species
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Quantitative Restrictions | G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance, Waste management and recycling
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Export licences, Import licences | Other | 13. Restriction on the importation and…
13. Restriction on the importation and exportation of certain waste
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