Korea RoHS (Resource Recycling Act)

Korea RoHS is implemented through the Act on the Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles (Resource Recycling Act, RRA), Act No. 18547, last amended 2022, administered by the Ministry of Environment (MoE). The RRA restricts the same six hazardous substances as EU RoHS 1 (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBBs, PBDEs) in EEE, at the same concentration limits. Compliance requires: a hazardous substance content label on products; submission of substance content information to the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI); and meeting e-waste take-back obligations.

Korea Resource Recycling Act (Act No. 18547); Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea; KEITI regulatory guidance.

Manufacturers exporting EEE to South Korea must label products with the hazardous substance content information per RRA requirements. Products must be registered with KEITI and meet take-back collection and recycling obligations. The substance content information submitted to KEITI covers the same materials as EU RoHS technical documentation. EU RoHS-compliant products generally satisfy the substance restriction requirements of Korea RoHS, but labeling and registration must be completed separately.