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A Study on the Development Direction of the Renewable Energy Carbon Certification System: Focused on Analysis of International Trade Policy and the Dispute Cases Related to Environmental Labeling

재생에너지 탄소인증제도의 개발 방향성에 관한 연구 : 국제무역규범 및 환경라벨링 관련 무역 분쟁사례분석을 중심으로

  • Sang, Min-Kyung (Korea Research Institute of Mechanical Facilities Industry) ;
  • Han, Sung-Ae (Korea Research Institute of Mechanical Facilities Industry) ;
  • Park, Sun-Hyo (Korea Research Institute of Mechanical Facilities Industry)
  • 상민경 ((재)대한기계설비산업연구원) ;
  • 한성애 ((재)대한기계설비산업연구원) ;
  • 박선효 ((재)대한기계설비산업연구원)
  • Received : 2019.10.15
  • Accepted : 2019.11.01
  • Published : 2019.12.30
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Abstract

With the adoption of the Paris Agreement, a new climate regime is intensifying the global interest in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In the meantime, Korea is preparing to introduce a new renewable energy carbon certification system in order to activate the use of renewable energy and to reduce carbon emissions in the entire life cycle of manufacturing and disposal of renewable energy facilities. Therefore, this study aims to identify the implications for the introduction of the carbon certification system and to establish a theoretical basis for the system design by examining the status of overseas carbon certification, international trade norms and trade disputes. As a result, carbon emissions certification is being implemented in developed countries such as EU, UK, France, USA and Japan, but only France, Germany and EU have adopted carbon certification for renewable energy sector. The analysis of the WTO TBT Agreement and GATT also confirmed the possibility of a violation of the international trade rules of the carbon certification system and derived nine international technical standards related to carbon certification. Finally, by examining the case of trade disputes related to environmental labeling, the minimum requirements to be considered at the institutional design stage were drawn to eliminate the possibility of trade disputes.

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