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Environmental regulations negotiated in the Green Round, following the Uruguay Round, are presenting a new barrier for world trade, Interest in environmental regulations, initially sparked by the Rio Conference in 1992, has been since then rapidly growing worldwide.
Among international conventions with substantial worldwide impact, Korea is currently a contracting party to the Basel Convention, Montreal Protocol, the Convention on Climate Change, Biodiversity Convention, London Convention and the Ramsar Convention. Since the inception of the European Union, other environmental regulations have been introduced, namely RoHS, WEEE, EuP and REACH


Vienna Convention (Montreal Protocol)	Sept. 22, 1988	Overall industry	Restriction of ozone-depleting substances including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) Regulation of CFC-using industries such as electro electrical and semiconductor industries
Basel Convention	May 5, 1992	Chemical industry	Ban on transboundary movements of hazardous wastes
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)	May 17, 2004	Fine chemicals, Agricultural pesticide industries	Regulation of pesticides and secondary pollutants such as dioxins and furans
Convention on Biological Diversity	Dec. 1993	Biological organisms	Convention to protect the biological diversity of the planet
Customer Service	Feb. 2, 1971	Wetlands	International convention to protect wetlands offering habitats for water birds
London Convention	Feb. 1972	Chemicals	Convention to prevent marine pollution from dumping of waste
Convention on Climate Change(Kyoto Protocol)	Feb. 16, 2005	Overall industry	Restriction of global warming substances The convention, as it deals with energy use in the industry as a whole, has a far-reaching impact.
WEEE	May 13, 2005	Electrical and electronic equipment	Require manufacturers to collect and recycle waste electrical and electronic products Target recycling rates Large home appliances and vending machines: 75% Information and communications equipment and small home appliances: 65% Small home appliances and lighting devices, etc.: 60%
RoHS	Jul 1, 2006	Electrical and electronic products	Restriction of six substances including lead, Hexavalent chrome, cadmium, mercury, PBBs and PBDEs
REACH	Jun. 1, 2007	Overall industry	Requires registration of chemicals substances produced or imported in quantities equal to or exceeding one tonne
EuP	2008(scheduled to enter in force)	Energy-using products	Eco-design guidelines for energy-using products Promotion of eco-design across the entire product cycle Enforced through measures restricting market entry by integrating the Eco-design Mark with the CE Mark
IPP	2008(scheduled to enter in force)	Overall industry	Aims at continuous improvement of environmental performance across the entire product and service cycle Promotion of sustainable production and consumption; emphasis on industry’s voluntary participation and market mechanism

WEEE : Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment RoHS : Restriction of the use certain Hazardous Substances in electric and equipment REACH : Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of CHemicals EuP : Eco-Design Requirements for Energy using Products IPP : Integrated Product Policy

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