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Government Legislation

  • A Bill for the Establishment of Types of Persistent Pollutants (Public Notification of the Ministry of Environment)
    • Competent Ministry : Ministry of Environment
    • Advance Publication of Legislation : 2020-07-20
    • Opinion Submission Deadline : 2020-08-14

□ Promote follow-up measures for new listings of persistent organic pollutants under the Stockholm Convention and for the amendment * of the “Enforcement Decree of the Persistent Pollutants Control Act” (promulgated on July 14, 2020)

** Establish a basis for converting the types of listed substances in the Convention into public notifications (attached Table 1 of the previous Enforcement Decree) and provide detailed information on the substances under the Convention

○ Add the new substances* in the Stockholm Convention as those subject to management under the “Persistent Pollutants Control Act”** and expand the information provided on the substances listed in the Convention

* Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (industrial substances water repellent, soil resistant, etc.) and dicofol (agricultural pesticide)

** Manage by means such as the prohibition of handling for purposes other than those permitted under the Convention, prior approval even for exports for permitted purposes, and monitoring



Regulatory effect assessment
  • 잔류성오염물질의 종류 고시(규제영향분석서).hwp [download]
Legislative proposal (draft)
  • 2. 잔류성오염물질의 종류 고시 제정안.hwp [download]