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The Act for Recycling of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Automobiles, Bill Number 176319 (known as Korea-RoHS) passed a Second Reading in the Korean National Assembly on the 2 April 2007 and came into force on 1^st January 2008.  The legislative text is available in Korean and, as an unofficial translation, in English language.

The Act includes four main requirements:

• Restrictions on hazardous materials (from 1^st July 2008)
• Design for efficient recycling
• Collection and recycling of WEEE
• Recycling of vehicles at end-of-life

Many of the detailed requirements are not included in the legislation and have been announced subsequently by a series of Presidential Decrees or Enforcement Ordinances. These are available only in Korean language.

Full report on Korean RoHS.

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