G/TBT/N/KOR/1056  
18 February 2022  
(22-1581) 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:   
Chemicals  Policy Division, Ministry of Environment,  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6784; Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
Email: mjkang4@korea.kr   
Website: 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):  Chemical 
substances  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed draft 
of "Regulation on Designation, etc. of Substances subject to Permission" under the Act on 
Registration, Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (12 page(s), in K orean)  
6. Description of content:  Title of Law: Proposed draft of "Regulation on Designation, etc. 
of Substances subject to Permission"  
Major Contents:  
A. How to designate candidate substance(s) for substance(s) subject to 
permission (Article 3 & Attachment 1)  
1) The Ministry of Environment (ME) sets the method to select candidate substance(s) for 
substance(s) subject to permission, given each candidate substance's hazard whether it 
meets the standard of "MOE Public Notice on Substance subject to I ntensive Control" or 
not, total amount distributed in Korea, the scope of its users, and relevant overseas 
regulations.  
B. Public consultation for each candidate substance (Article 3 to 5 & Attachment 
2) 
1) ME publishes each candidate substance's name, di stributed amount, relevant overseas 
regulations and the period of public consultation beforehand. Then, ME conducts detailed 
survey on distribution of the candidate substance and reviews its risk, and makes the 
results available to the public, and carries out a consultation regarding hazards, specific 
uses, and alternative substances and technologies, and so forth.  
C. Discussion with manufacturer, importer, user, etc. (Article 6 & Article 7)  G/TBT/N/KOR/1056  
 
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  1) Based on the results of the public consultation about each cand idate substance, ME 
sets the priority of candidate substances to designate substances subject to permission. 
Then, ME discusses with manufacturers, importers and (downstream) users according to 
the priority in order to determine which use will be exempted from permission, how long 
the grace period of permission will be, and so on.  
D. Procedure for designating and publicly announcing substance(s) subject to 
permission (Article 8 & Article 10)  
1) ME establishes and informs its plan for designating substance(s ) subject to permission. 
Then, ME designates and publicly announces substance(s) subject to permission after the 
deliberation of the Chemicals Evaluation Committee.  
E. Data protection, etc. (Article 9, Article 11, and Article 12)  
1) ME prohibits disclosur e of confidential business information (CBI) that may happen 
when reviewing the submitted data in the process of designating candidate substance(s) 
and substance(s) subject to permission.    
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent proble ms where 
applicable:  Harmonization with the higher law (Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of 
Chemicals); Protection of human health or safety; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:  Ministry of Environment Public Notice No. 2022 -91 (22 February 
2022)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 October 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 October 2022  
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  
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