G/TBT/N/KOR/820  
 
10 April 2019  
(19-2324) 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:  Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
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 Ministry Food and Drug Safety  (MFDS) website  
(www.mfds.go.kr ). Also available from:  
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro,  
Osong -eup, Heungdeok -gu, Chengju -si, Chungcheongbuk -do, 28159 Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 7 19-1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 719 -1550 
Email: wtokfda@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):  Cleansing 
& Hygiene Products (Newly added: tattoo ink)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
amendments of the "Enforcement Decree of Cleansing & H ygiene Products Control Act" 
(7 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) is issuing this 
proposed amendment which describes the regulations that were previously covered by 
"the Cleansing & Hygiene Products  Control Act" (the Act) and now fall under the 
jurisdiction of "the Enforcement Decree of Cleansing &amp; Hygiene Products Control Act" 
and the requirements for their implementation.  
The proposed amendment includes the following contents:  
(a) The scope of Cleansing & Hygiene products would be expanded to tattoo ink. 
(However, drugs under Article 2.4 of "the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act" and cosmetics under 
Article 2.1 of "the Cosmetics Act" shall not be regulated as Cleansing & Hygiene produc ts.) 
(b) The items subject to the reporting of manufacturing items according to the Article 3.4 
of the Act are identified.  
(c) The criteria for imposition of administrative fines have been amended to impose 
penalties according to the number of violation as  provided for in Article 34 of the Act. It 
is specified in the attached Table 3.  G/TBT/N/KOR/820  
 
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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:   
• MFDS Notice No. 2019 -170 (5 April 2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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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