Korea | RoHS four o-benzene requirements to be implemented from next month
On November 24, 2020, the resource recycling division of the Ministry of environment of the Republic of Korea issued Presidential Decree No. 31184 to revise the law enforcement order on the recycling of electrical and electronic products and automotive resources (RoHS of the Republic of Korea). The scope of controlled products will be increased to 49 categories from January 1, 2021, and four restrictions on o-benzene will be added, which will be implemented from July 1, 2021.
New restrictions on hazardous substances
| Harmful substances | Limit | Implementation time |
| DEHP | 0.1% | 2021-07-01 |
| BBP | 0.1% | 2021-07-01 |
| DBP | 0.1% | 2021-07-01 |
| DIBP | 0.1% | 2021-07-01 |
*Spare parts for repairing electrical and electronic products put on the market before June 30, 2021 are exempted from the above restrictions.
New product category
According to Presidential Decree No. 31184, the categories of RoHS controlled products in South Korea are increased from 26 to 49, and the newly added 23 categories are as follows:
| Vending machine | wireless router | hair drier | Foot bath machine | Coffee machine |
| dehumidifier | toaster | Treadmill | Sewing machine | Decocting machine |
| Navigator | Electric kettle | Surveillance camera | Electric frying pan | Dehydrator |
| electric frying pan | Electric water heater | Food dryer | Embankment machine | |
| Scanners (except portable) | Projector (except portable | Electric massager | Video game machines (excluding mobile phones) |
*The update of product categories will be implemented from January 1, 2021.