G/TBT/N/KOR/875  
15 January 2020  
(20-0430) Page: 1/2 
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:  Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
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:   
Consumer and Children's Product Safety Division  
Bureau of Product Safety Policy  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun,  
Chungcheongbuk -do, 27737  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5453  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5677  
E-mail: consumer1@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.kats.go.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Furniture 
(chest of drawers and office filing Cabinet whose height is over 762mm) and Furniture for 
children use; Furniture (ICS 97.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  1. A draft 
revision for Supplier's Declaration of Conformity criteria furniture 2. A draft revision for 
Supplier's Declaration of Conformity criteria furniture for children use (19 page(s), in  
Korean; 22 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:   According to the Article 23, 25, 26 of Electrical appliances and 
consumer products safety control act, Article 25 of the Special Act on Safety of Children's 
Products.  
Applying safety requirement for stability of dresser for family use, it clarifies that material 
of the chest of drawers  would be quality of wood.  
Test method for stability of chest of drawers for family use has been revised to prevent.  
- In the stability test methods, former test was not applying any load on bottom of bottom 
of chest of dra wers, but revised test will applying equivalent uniform load on the bottom 
of chest of drawers.  
- When applying normal force in the test, the normal force will be changed 23kgf to 25kgf.  
A precaution for consumer has been revised to prevent overturning inc ident.  G/TBT/N/KOR/875  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• KATS Public Notice No. 2019 - 338 (13 November 2019)  
• MOTIE  Public Notice No. 2019 -651 (13 November 2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  May 2020 or later  
Proposed date of entry into force:  November 2020 or later  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun,  
Chungcheongbuk -do, 369 -811 
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5520  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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