G/TBT/N/KOR/832  
 
6 June 2019  
(19-3913) 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:  Korea Forest Service (KFS)  
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:   
Documents are available from the Korea Forest Service (KFS) website ( www.forest.go.kr ).  
Also available from:  
Forestry Trade Division  
Korea  Forest  Service (KFS)  
189, Cheongsa -ro, seo -gu, Daejeon, 35208  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 42 481 4085  
Fax.: (+82) 42 481 8884  
E-mail: earlybird36@korea.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 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):  Forest 
Products (Sawn Timber, Preservative -Treated Wood, Fire Retardant -Treated Wood, Glued 
Laminated Timber, Plywood, Particleboards, Fiberboards, Oriented Strand Board, Wood 
Flooring, Wood Briquettes, Wood Charcoal Brique tte, Charcoal)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft of 
Standard and Specification of Wood Products (148 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  Standard and Specification of Wood Products were established 
in order to enhance the quality of wood products and to establish an order related to its 
distribution in pursuance of the "Act on the Sustainable Use of woods " Article 20 (public 
notification of criteria for standard dimensions and quality of wood products and  
inspection thereof). In the present version of the notification, the standard and 
specification of 12 wood products, including a sawn timber has been included, and the 
method for labelling specifications of wood products has also been amended.  
7. Objecti ve and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer protection by enhancing quality of wood products and establishing 
order of wood products distribution . 
8. Relevant documents:   
• NIFoS (National Institute of Forest Science) NOTIFICATION No. 2018 -8 
(14 August  2018)  G/TBT/N/KOR/832  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 August 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 September 2019  
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, 27737  
Republic of Korea  
Tel : (+82) 43 870 5525  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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