G/TBT/N/KOR/836  
 
7 June 2019  
(19-3950) 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 Employment and Labor (MOEL)  
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 of Employment and Labor (MOEL) website 
(www.moel.go.kr ). Also available from:  
Industrial Accident Prevention Policy Division  
Ministry of Employment and Labor  
Government Complex Sejong (Building No. 11, Room No. 704), 422, Hannuri -daero, 
Sejong -si, 30117  
Republic  of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 44 202 7697  
Fax.: (+82) 44 202 8090  
E-mail: idler21c@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):  Others - 
regulatory systems  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
• Draft of the Enforcement Decree of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
(wholly amended by the ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor)  
(156 page(s), in Korean ) 
• Draft of the Enforcement Regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
(wholly amended by the ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor)  
(458 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  Enforcement Decree of the Occupational Safety and Health Act/ 
Enforcement Regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act .  
Amendments made to improve the current system by addressing some o f its drawbacks: 
Statutory permissible levels have been established for 24 additional chemical substances 
(in addition to the current 13 chemical substances), including ethylene oxide, which have 
the risk of causing occupational diseases as they are highly  harmful being carcinogenic, 
mutagenic or toxic for reproduction; and a reasonable adjustment has been made to the 
statutory quantities of the 51 chemical substances subject to the mandatory submission 
of Process Safety Management (decreased for 18, increa sed for 18 and no change for 15).  G/TBT/N/KOR/836  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To protect human health and safety, and to build a safe and healthy work 
environment by drastically reducing the incidence of industrial accidents  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Pre-announcement of legislation: Enforcement Decree of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act (wholly amended by the ordinance of the Ministry of Employment 
and Labor, Notification of the Ministry of Employment  and Labor No. 2019 -186 
(22 April 2019)  
• Pre-announcement of legislation: Enforcement Regulations of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act (wholly amended by the ordinance of the Ministry of 
Employment and Labor, Notification of the Ministry of Employment and Labor 
No. 2019-187 (22 April 2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  16 January 2020  
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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