G/TBT/N/KOR/912  
5 August 2020  
(20-5421) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Environment  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Resource  Circulation Policy Division  
Ministry of Environment  
11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 44 201 7390  
E-mail: leemari@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.me.go.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  49 types 
of Electrical and Electronic Products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision of The 
Enforcement Decree of the Act on Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic and 
Vehicles (29 page(s), in Korean)  G/TBT/N/KOR/912  
 
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  6. Description of content:  Increase the number of electrical and electronic products that 
comply with maximum levels of hazardous substances from 26 to 49 when manufacturing 
or importing products and increase the number or hazardous substances from 6 to 10.  
- 23 additional product names  
 1. Vending Machines  
 2. Dehumidifiers  
 3. Toasters  
 4. Electric Kettles  
 5. Electric Water Heaters  
 6. Electric Frying Pans  
 7. Hair Dryers  
 8. Treadmills  
 9. Surveillance Cameras  
10. Food Dehydrators  
11. Electric appliances for Massage  
12. Foot Spas  
13. Sewing Machines  
14. Video Game Consoles(not including handbandle game consoles)  
15. Wired and Wireless Routers  
16. Scanners (not including portable scanner)  
17. Bread Makers  
18. GPS Navigation Devices  
19. Fryers  
20. Projectors (not including portable projector)  
21. Coffee Machines  
22. Herbal Medicine Cookers  
23. Spin Dryers  
  
- 4 hazardous substances  
 1. Bis(2 -ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)  
 2. Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)  
 3. Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)  
 4. Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  We dispel concerns about human and environmental impacts by limiting the 
hazardous substance content of the product and apply the latest revi sion of EU's RoHS 
Ⅱrules to domestic regulations; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Harmonization  G/TBT/N/KOR/912  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
- MOE Public Notice No.2020 -646 (9 July 2020)  
- G/TBT/N/KOR/105 : Proposed Act for Resource Recycling of Electrical/Electronic 
Products and Automobiles (30 March 2006)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  20 days from notification; The Ministry of Environment is 
urgently requested to protect human health, such as safety and environmental protection.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Korea WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro Maengdong -myeon Eumseong -gun 
Chungchungbuk -do, 27737  
+(82) 43 870 5525  
+(82) 43 870 5682 (Fax)  
tbt@korea.kr  
http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://www.epeople.go.kr/cmmn/idea/redirect.do?ideaRegNo=1AE -2007-0000597  
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