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EU WEEE · RoHS → Korea E-Waste Resource Circulation Act

CSuggestive similarity
Evidence tier

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Evidence Scorecard

A single score cannot prove an echo. This card triangulates semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence.

Suggestive similarity
Semantic
Strong semantic alignment
Temporal
Global precedent precedes Korea
Linkage
No recorded linkage
Tier C — Suggestive similarity — semantic or keyword overlap + plausible timing
Multilingual semantic similarity
cosine similarity (method detail)0.825

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.825); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.

Aligned sentences

The EU WEEE Directive (2012/19/EU) and RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU) establish mandatory collection, recycling, and extended producer responsibility for waste electrical and electronic equipment, and restrict ten hazardous substances—including lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and four phthalates—in EEE placed on the EU market.

aligned

제13조 등에 따라 납·카드뮴·수은·6가 크롬·PBB·PBDE의 함유량을 제한(카드뮴 0.01%, 기타 0.1% 이하)하고, 생산자에게 회수·재활용 의무를 부과하는 EPR 제도를 운영한다.

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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Csuggestive similarity · 60%

  • SemanticStrong semantic alignment
  • TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
  • LinkageNo recorded linkage

Matched concepts: extended producer responsibility ↔ 생산자 회수·재활용 의무(EPR); hazardous substance restriction ↔ 납·카드뮴·수은·6가크롬 함유 제한; four phthalates (DEHP·BBP·DBP·DIBP) ↔ 프탈레이트 4종 추가

Cross-lingual similarity 59/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: regulatory emulation

Caveat: semantic similarity only — this tier records a hypothesis, not proof of causal influence.

Matched Concepts

3 pairs
extended producer responsibility
↓
생산자 회수·재활용 의무(EPR)
hazardous substance restriction
↓
납·카드뮴·수은·6가크롬 함유 제한
four phthalates (DEHP·BBP·DBP·DIBP)
↓
프탈레이트 4종 추가
Original (Global)

The EU WEEE Directive (2012/19/EU) and RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU) establish mandatory collection, recycling, and extended producer responsibility① for waste electrical and electronic equipment, and restrict ten hazardous substances—including lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and four phthalates—in EEE placed on the EU market. Together they form the principal EU regulatory framework governing the full lifecycle of electronic products from design to end-of-life recovery.

Echo (Korea)

한국은 2007년 4월 27일 「전기·전자제품 및 자동차의 자원순환에 관한 법률」(법률 제8405호, 2008년 1월 1일 시행)을 제정해 EU WEEE·RoHS 체계를 직접 수용하였다. 제13조 등에 따라 납·카드뮴·수은·6가 크롬·PBB·PBDE의 함유량을 제한(카드뮴 0.01%, 기타 0.1% 이하)하고, 생산자에게 회수·재활용 의무를 부과하는 EPR 제도를 운영한다. 2020년 11월 공포된 시행령 개정(제31184호, 2021년 1월 시행)은 프탈레이트(DEHP·BBP·DBP·DIBP) 4종을 추가하고 적용 제품을 49개 품목으로 확대하였다. 환경부는 2024년 9월 입법예고를 거쳐 2025년 4월 시행령·시행규칙 개정을 공포하였으며, 이를 통해 회수·재활용 의무 대상을 기존 50개 품목에서 모든 전기·전자제품으로 확대(2026년 1월 시행)하고, 유해물질 함유기준 준수 의무도 전 제품으로 확장(2028년 시행 예정)할 예정이다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified
hasKoreanSource
hasGlobalSource
hasDate
keywordDiversity
agendaTags
Origin
EU
Timeline

2012 EU WEEE/RoHS recast → 2007 Korean enactment (2008 enforcement), 2021 phthalate expansion

regulatory emulation

Sources

🌍eur-lex.europa.eu
🇰🇷국가법령정보센터 · 전기·전자제품 및 자동차의 자원순환에 관한 법률

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Keywords
WEEERoHSK-WEEEKorea RoHSe-wasteextended producer responsibilityEPRhazardous substance restriction전기전자제품 자원순환법유해물질 제한생산자 책임 재활용납 수은 카드뮴 제한프탈레이트 규제환경부 전자제품폐전기전자제품resource circulationeco-assurance system환경성보장제
Score Guide
Confidence — Editorial judgment, now shown as a confidence tier (A–D) based on semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence. Not proof of causation.
Echo Strength — Metadata completeness score. Rewards verified sources, paired links, explicit dates, keyword diversity, and origin tags.
Vocabulary Overlap — Heuristic score measuring shared tokens between global and Korean texts. Reflects loanwords and repeated terms, not meaning across languages.
PATTERN #weee-rohs-1