Development of and Support for Environmental Technology Act. Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Sustainable development Environmental standards Pollution control Inspection Research Classification/declassification Enforcement/compliance Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of this Act is to contribute to environmental conservation and the sustainable development of the national economy by promoting the development, support and spread of environmental technologies and by fostering the environmental industry. Article 3 lays down provisions relating to the formulation of the Comprehensive Plan for Development of Environmental Technologies which shall include the matters concerning the following subparagraphs: 1) Present status and a long-term prospect of the level of environmental control based on the long-term comprehensive plan for environmental conservation at the national level under article 12 of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy; 2) Objective of development of environmental technologies by stages and countermeasures to reach the objective; 3) Promotion of advancement of the environmental industry, such as strengthening the competitiveness of environmental technologies; 4) Promotion of the spread and practical use of environmental technologies; 5) Investment and promotion plans for the projects by year concerning the development of environmental technologies promoted by the Government; 6) Introduction and transfer of environmental technologies; 7) Support for researches in environmental technologies to schools, scientific organizations, research institutions; 8) Collection, classification, processing, and spread of the information on environmental technologies; and 9) Other development of environmental technologies and fosterage of the environmental industry. The text consists of 37 articles. Full text English Website www.klri.re.ki