World Trade Organization

Import Licensing Procedures

Persistent Organic Pollutants Control Act

Notifying member
Korea, Republic of
Title
Persistent Organic Pollutants Control Act
First published
26/01/2007
First EIF
27/01/2008
Latest published
31/10/2019
In force to
Latest notification
G/LIC/N/3/KOR/16
Product categories
List of products subject to licensing

261790Ores and concentrates (excl. iron, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, chromium, tungsten, uranium, thorium, molybdenum, titanium, niobium, tantalum, vanadium, zirconium, precious-metal or antimony ores and concentrates)

262060Slag, ash and residues, containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds (excl. those from the manufacture of iron or steel)

271091Waste oils containing polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], polychlorinated terphenyls [PCTs] or polybrominated biphenyls [PBBs]

280540Mercury

285210Compounds, inorganic or organic, of mercury, chemically defined (excl. amalgams)

285290Compounds, inorganic or organic, of mercury, not chemically defined (excl. amalgams)

2903Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons

2904Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated

2908Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols

2910Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

2914Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

2920Esters of inorganic acids of non-metals and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. esters of hydrogen halides and of phosphoric esters, their salts and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives)

2922Oxygen-function amino-compounds

2923Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined

3808Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers

3824Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations for the chemical or allied industries, incl. mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.

Attachment
Persistent Organic Pollutants Control Act_31.10.2019.pdf
Nature of licensing

Non-automatic

Administrative purpose/measure being implemented
  • Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect environment
Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications
Ministry of Environment, Chemical Policy Division
Government Complex-Sejong, 11, Doum 6-Ro, Sejong-si, 30103, Republic of Korea
http://eng.me.go.kr
+82-1577-8866

mepr@korea.kr

Contact point for information on eligibility

Same as the "Administrative bodies"

Expected duration of licensing procedure
There is no related regulation.
Found by secretariat
No
Links
Related document symbols
  • G/LIC/N/2/KOR/22
  • G/LIC/N/2/KOR/53
Source
Notes

  • G/LIC/N/2/KOR/22


    Persistent Organic Pollutants Control Act


    2710.91, 2903.81.0000, 2903.82.0000, 2903.83.0000, 2903.91.9000, 2903.92.2000, 2903.93.0000, 2903.94.0000, 2904.30, 2904.31.0000, 2904.32.0000, 2904.33.0000, 2904.34.0000, 2904.35.0000, 2904.36.0000, 2908.11.0000, 2910.40.0000, 2910.50.0000, 2914.71.0000, 2920.30, 2922.16.0000, 2923.30.0000, 2923.40.0000, 3808.52.0000, 3824.82.0000, 3824.84.0000,

    3824.84.0000, 3824.85.0000, 3824.86.0000, 3824.87.0000


    Imports may not be made other than for the purposes permitted under Annex A of the Stockholm Convention.


    The purpose of this Act is to protect citizens' health and the environment from hazards posed by persistent organic pollutants and to promote international cooperation by prescribing matters necessary for the control of persistent organic pollutants, such as dioxins, etc., which are prescribed by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants for the implementation thereof.

    Although this Act existed beforehand, it was included in the Integrated notice for the first time since 2015. The reason for this is due to the failure of the relevant ministry to notify this Act to the division responsible for the Integrated notice.


  • G/LIC/N/2/KOR/53


    Modification of specific details in existing procedures: Product coverage


    Added Mercury and its compounds regulated by the Minamata Convention on Mercury.


    Imports may not be made other than for the purposes permitted under the Stockholm Convention and the Minamata Convention


    2617.90.0000, 2620.60.0000, 2710.91.0000, 2805.40.0000, 2852.10.0000, 2852.90.0000, 2903.81.0000, 2903.82.0000, 2903.83.0000, 2903.91.9000, 2903.92.0000, 2903.93.0000, 2903.94.0000, 2904.30.0000, 2904.31.0000, 2904.32.0000, 2904.33.0000, 2904.34.0000, 2904.35.0000, 2904.36.0000, 2908.11.0000, 2910.40.0000, 2910.50.0000, 2914.71.0000, 2920.30.0000, 2922.16.0000, 2923.30.0000, 2923.40.0000, 3808.52.0000, 3824.82.0000, 3824.84.0000, 3824.85.0000, 3824.86.0000, 3824.87.0000.