EU환경정책과 한국기업의 대응에 관한 연구

Abstract

The Treaty of Rome made no provision for a Community environment policy. The environmental programmes now cover many fields, ranging from chemicals to climate change. But, the fundamental aim of the policy is to protect the natural environment of the European region so as to contribute to the sustainable growth of the EU market. This paper considers the case of the EU environmental policy and its implications. The EU environmental policy has a mixed effect (either positive or negative) on non-member countries, such as Korea, in many ways. Applying the strict EU environmental policy will boost the manufacturing sectors that produce the commodities related to environment. The policy will contribute to the creation of a larger market than before, by allowing environmentally friendly goods and services to move freely without any regulation. In fact, it requires non-member countries, like Korea, to meet a high standard of environmental rules. But, if Korean firms meet the newly imposed requirements, there would be many opportunities for them to do new businesses. If not, Korean firms will face some difficulties to penetrate the EU markets. In this paper we address how Korean exports to EU can be affected by the EU environmental policy. The main discussion will be focused on the manufacturing sectors, such as automobiles, textile, and electronics. This paper is organized as follows. Section II reviews the EU environmental policy. Section III analyses the impacts of the policy on the Korean manufacturing sectors, such as automobiles, textile, and electronics. Section IV suggests some reform measures to meet the EU environmental policy newly imposed. Finally, conclusions are provided in Section V.