UN Basel Convention → Korea Transboundary Hazardous Waste Act
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Evidence Scorecard
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Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.795); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.
Could also be…
- •Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
- •Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
- •A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.
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Bprobable echo · 90%
- SemanticStrong semantic alignment
- TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
- LinkageOfficial Korean agency source + concept alignment (no explicit citation recorded)
Matched concepts: Basel Convention ↔ 바젤협약; transboundary movements ↔ 국가 간 이동; hazardous wastes ↔ 유해폐기물; Basel Convention / transboundary movements of hazardous wastes ↔ 바젤협약 / 폐기물의 국가간 이동; prior informed consent (PIC) procedure ↔ 사전통보승인(PIC) / 수출입 허가
Cross-lingual similarity 41/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.
Similarity type: treaty ratification → statutory transposition
Matched Concepts
7 pairsThe Basel Convention① on the Control of Transboundary Movements② of Hazardous Wastes③ and their Disposal was adopted on 22 March 1989 in Basel, Switzerland, under UNEP auspices and entered into force on 5 May 1992. It is the principal global treaty regulating cross-border movements of hazardous and other wastes, built on prior-informed-consent (Articles 6 and 7), notification and movement-document requirements, a duty to minimize transboundary movements②, and restrictions on exports to states that have prohibited import or cannot manage the waste in an environmentally sound manner. The 1995 Ban Amendment further prohibits hazardous-waste exports from OECD/EU/Liechtenstein states to other parties. The Republic of Korea acceded to the Convention on 28 February 1994 (it has not ratified the Ban Amendment).
대한민국은 1994년 2월 28일 바젤협약①에 가입하였고, 이를 국내적으로 이행하기 위해 「폐기물의 국가 간 이동② 및 그 처리에 관한 법률」을 제정하였다(제정 법률 제4534호, 1992년 12월 8일 공포, 1994년 5월 29일 시행). 제1조(목적)는 이 법이 「유해폐기물③의 국가 간 이동② 및 그 처리의 통제에 관한 바젤협약①」 및 그에 따른 양자간·다자간·지역적 협정을 시행하고 폐기물의 수출·수입·국내 경유를 규제함을 명시한다. 법은 폐기물 수출·수입 허가(환경부장관), 사전통보·이동서류, 수출입 금지 등을 규정하며, 소관부처는 환경부이다. 현행 법률은 이후 여러 차례 개정되었다(예: 법률 제14784호, 2017년 4월 18일 일부개정, 2017년 10월 19일 시행).
Echo Strength
1989 Basel Convention adopted (in force 1992) → 1992 Korean implementing law enacted (법률 제4534호) → 1994 Korean accession + law effective (29 May 1994)
treaty ratification → statutory transposition
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