G/TBT/N/KOR/937  
5 January 2021  
(21-0092) 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 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 7346  
Fax: (+82) 44 201 7351  
E-mail: khj10040@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.me.go.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):  Rules on 
the standards, etc. on packaging materials and packaging methods of products 
[Attachment 1] Products to which the standards on packaging methods by product type 
- processed food, beverage, alcoholic beverages, confectionery, health fu nctional food, 
cosmetics, detergents, toy dolls, stationery, miscellaneous goods, quasi -drugs, clothing  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft partial 
amendment of the "Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Res ources" 
(7 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  Before the product is released, manufacturers of the product 
are obligated to inspect the packaging material and packaging method (packaging space 
ratio and number of packaging) and write down the result on the outside of the packaging. 
Penalties are imposed if the inspection is not performed or the test results are false, and 
a fine is imposed if the test results are not wrote down.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In order to fundamentally reduce packaging waste, it is necessary for 
manufacturers to be examined on the packaging material and packaging method before 
product launch, and provide the inspection result to  the consumer; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The National Assembly Bill No. 2105689 (24 November  2020)  
• G/TBT/N/KOR/919 (23 September 2020)  G/TBT/N/KOR/937  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 April 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2021  
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:   
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  
http://pal.assembly.go.kr/law/readView.do?lgsltpaId=PRC_B2W0R1U1J2C0R1V7Q0M0Q
3T2T2H6F6  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/KOR/21_0106_00_x.pdf