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Framework Act on Environmental Policy.
Date of original text: 01 August 1990 (10 June 2022)
Environmental Impact Assessment Act.
Date of original text: 21 July 2011 (24 July 2015)
Clean Air Conservation Act.
Date of original text: 27 April 2007 (26 May 2020)
Special Act on the Improvement of Air Quality in Seoul Metropolitan Area.
Date of original text: 31 December 2003 (20 July 2015)
Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth.
Date of original text: 13 January 2010 (29 March 2016)
Act on the Integrated Control of Pollutant-Discharging Facilities.
Date of text: 22 December 2015
Act on the Preparation for Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions.
Date of text: 24 July 2015
Act on Liability for Environmental Damage and Relief Thereof.
Date of text: 31 December 2014
Chemicals Control Act.
Date of original text: 18 March 2014 (20 January 2015)
Act on Registration, Evaluation of Chemicals.
Date of original text: 22 May 2013 (27 January 2016)
Act on the Prevention of Light Pollution Due to Artificial Lighting.
Date of original text: 01 February 2012 (07 January 2016)
Act on Protective Action Guidelines against Radiation in the Natural Environment.
Date of original text: 25 July 2011 (21 May 2014)
Asbestos Safety Management Act.
Date of original text: 28 April 2011 (18 March 2014)
Environmental Technology and Industry Support Act.
Date of original text: 28 April 2011 (19 January 2016)
Act on Encouragement of Purchase of Green Products.
Date of original text: 05 April 2011 (01 December 2015)
Asbestos Injury Relief Act.
Date of original text: 22 March 2010 (03 February 2015)
Radioactive Waste Management Act.
Date of original text: 28 March 2008 (23 March 2013)
Environmental Health Act.
Date of original text: 21 March 2008 (16 August 2023)
Environmental Education Promotion Act.
Date of original text: 21 March 2008 (03 February 2015)
Act on Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles.
Date of original text: 27 April 2007 (20 January 2015)
Noise and Vibration Control Act.
Date of original text: 11 April 2007 (18 March 2014)
Wastes Control Act.
Date of original text: 11 April 2007 (20 July 2015)
Persistent Pollutants Control Act.
Date of original text: 26 January 2007 (04 June 2013)
Environmental Testing and Inspection Act.
Date of text: 04 October 2006
Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta.
Date of original text: 27 September 2006 (01 December 2015)
Special Act on Assistance to the Locations of Facilities for Disposal of Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste.
Date of original text: 31 March 2005 (10 November 2014)
Toxic Chemicals Control Act.
Date of original text: 31 December 2004 (21 March 2008)
Act on Encouragement of Purchase of Environment-Friendly Products.
Date of original text: 31 December 2004 (13 January 2010)
Act on Promotion of Development and Distribution of Environment-Friendly Motor Vehicles.
Date of original text: 22 October 2004 (24 May 2011)
Malodor Prevention Act.
Date of original text: 09 February 2004 (27 January 2016)
Construction Waste Recycling Promotion Act.
Date of original text: 31 December 2003 (16 April 2019)
Radiation and Radioisotope Use of Promotion Act.
Date of original text: 26 December 2002 (23 March 2013)
Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling Resources.
Date of original text: 04 February 2002 (20 January 2015)
Development of and Support for Environmental Technology Act.
Date of original text: 03 February 2000 (07 January 2009)
Act on Special Measures for the Control of Environmental Offences.
Date of original text: 31 December 1999 (17 May 2007)
Act on Assessment of Impacts of Works on Environment, Traffic, Disasters, etc.
Date of original text: 31 December 1999 (17 May 2007)
Act on the Promotion of the Conversion into Environment-Friendly Industrial Structure.
Date of original text: 29 December 1995 (04 August 2011)
Promotion of Installation of Waste Disposal Facilities and Assistance to Adjacent Areas Act.
Date of original text: 05 January 1995 (03 February 2015)
Act on Special Accounts for Environmental Improvement.
Date of original text: 05 January 1994 (28 April 2011)
Act on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.
Date of original text: 08 December 1992 (01 April 2021)
Environment Improvement Cost Liability Act.
Date of original text: 31 December 1991 (20 January 2015)
Public Health and Environment Research Institute Act.
Date of original text: 08 March 1991 (04 June 2013)
Act on the Control, etc. of the Manufacture of Specific Substances for the Protection of the Ozone Layer.
Date of original text: 14 January 1991 (11 April 2007)
Environment Dispute Mediation Act.
Date of original text: 01 August 1990 (22 December 2015)
Act on Governmental Contracts for Nuclear Damage Compensation.
Date of original text: 07 April 1975 (20 January 2015)
Nuclear Damage Compensation Act.
Date of original text: 24 January 1969 (01 December 2015)
Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration, Evaluation of Chemicals.
Date of text: 09 December 2014
Enforcement Decree of the Asbestos Safety Management Act.
Date of text: 27 April 2012
Presidential Decree on the Toxic Chemicals Control Act.
Date of original text: 28 January 1991 (26 June 1997)
Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Prevention of Light Pollution Due to Artificial Lighting.
Date of text: 19 July 2016
Enforcement Rule of the Chemicals Control Act.
Date of text: 24 December 2014
Enforcement Rule of the Act on Registration, Evaluation of Chemicals.
Date of text: 24 December 2014
Enforcement Decree of the Chemicals Control Act.
Date of text: 09 December 2014
Enforcement Decree of the Asbestos Injury Relief Act.
Date of original text: 23 November 2012 (30 November 2015)
Enforcement Decree of the Act on Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles.
Date of original text: 29 October 2012 (13 July 2015)
Enforcement Decree of the Act on Protective Action Guidelines against Radiation in the Natural Environment.
Date of text: 24 July 2012
Enforcement Decree of the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Date of original text: 20 July 2012 (30 December 2015)
Enforcement Rules of the Asbestos Safety Management Act.
Date of original text: 27 April 2012 (23 March 2013)
Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Management of Disasters in Super High Rise Buildings and Complex Buildings with Underground Connections.
Date of original text: 09 March 2012 (04 April 2015)
Enforcement Decree of the Environmental Technology and Industry Support Act.
Date of original text: 28 October 2011 (12 July 2016)
Enforcement Decree of the Nuclear Safety Act.
Date of original text: 25 October 2011 (20 July 2015)
Enforcement Decree of Noise and Vibration Control Act.
Date of original text: 28 June 2010 (11 February 2014)
Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth (Presidential Decree No. 22124 of 2010).
Date of original text: 13 April 2010 (23 March 2013)
Enforcement Decree of the Toxic Chemicals Control Act.
Date of original text: 25 June 2008 (14 January 2009)
Enforcement Decree of the Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation Act.
Date of original text: 30 November 2007 (26 May 2015)
Enforcement Decree of the Ship Safety Act.
Date of original text: 28 September 2007 (06 July 2015)
Enforcement Decree of the Wastes Control Act.
Date of original text: 06 September 2007 (19 January 2016)
Enforcement Degree of the Malodor Prevention Act.
Date of original text: 07 February 2005 (30 December 2016)
Enforcement Decree of the Radiation and Radioisotope Use of Promotion Act.
Date of original text: 25 June 2003 (23 March 2013)
Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources.
Date of original text: 18 February 2002 (26 November 2015)
Enforcement Decree of the Act on Assessment of Impacts of Works on Environment, Traffic, Disasters, etc.
Date of original text: 30 December 2000 (25 September 2008)
Regulation on Protection of Confidential Information Regarding Hazard Evaluations (New Chemical Notification), etc. (Public Notice No. 1997-79).
Date of text: 29 August 1997
Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Disposal of Sewage, Excreta and Livestock Wastewater.
Date of original text: 11 August 1997 (17 March 2004)
Enforcement Decree of the Biotechnology Support Act.
Date of original text: 13 July 1995 (23 March 2012)
Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.
Date of original text: 28 May 1994 (28 January 2014)
Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy.
Date of original text: 02 February 1991 (27 November 2012)
Ministerial Ordinance on the Toxic Chemicals Control Act.
Date of original text: 02 February 1991 (26 July 1997)
Enforcement Decree of the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act.
Date of original text: 20 September 1978 (11 January 2008)
Enforcement Decree of the Clean Air Conservation Act (Presidential Decree No. 20383 of 2007).
Date of original text: 15 November 2007 (31 May 2016)
Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on the Management of Disaster and Safety.
Date of original text: 29 May 2004 (30 June 2015)