Korea passes RoHS-like regulation

April 17, 2007

On April 2, Korea’s National Assembly passed the “Act Concerning the Resource Recycling of Electrical/Electronic Products and Automobiles.” According to Michael Kirschner, president of Design Chain Associates, “This wide-ranging regulation has elements of the European Union’s RoHS, WEE and ELV (End of Life Vehicles) directives but is also uniquely Korean.” The regulation goes into force on January 1, 2008.

Kirschner went on to explain that like EU RoHS and China RoHS, this regulation leaves out all the important details such as detailed scope, substances restrictions and concentration limits, as well as design for environment requirements. These will all be defined by Presidential Decrees and Ordinances from the Ministry of the Environment.

Design Chain Associates will soon have an English translation of the regulation on its Korea RoHS website.

Posted by Rob Spiegel on April 17, 2007 | Comments (0)

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