G/TBT/N/KOR/1113  
10 November  2022 
(22-8423) 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 Meteorological Administration(KMA)  
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:   
Measurement & Standards Cooperation Division  
Observation Infrastructure Bureau  
Korea Meteorological Administration  
189, Cheongsa -ro, Seo -gu, Daejeon, 35208  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 42 -481-7355 
Fax: (+82) 42 -489-6026 
Email: namsok@korea.kr  
Website: https://www.kma.go.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Meteorological instruments (thermometer, rain gauge, barometer, hygrometer, 
anemoscope, anemometer, pyranometer, s unshine recorder, snow -depth sensor, 
evaporimeter)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Partial 
Amendment to the "Public Notification of Standards, Methods and Application Procedure 
for Type Approval of Meteorological Instruments"; (75 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The Korea Meteorological Administration proposes partial 
amendment to the Public Notification of Standards, Methods and Application Procedure 
for Type Approval of Meteorologic al Instruments.  
The Proposed Amendment  
- adds a sea water thermometer to the detailed standards for type approval of electronic 
thermometers and their test methods;  
- specifies that performance tests can be conducted only with a weather sensor, if the 
output of a weather sensor is a pulse, or if the observation values after digital signal 
processing can be checked immediately; and  G/TBT/N/KOR/1113  
 
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  - adds the standards for the ratio of collected observations to stability tests under the 
detailed standards for type approval of snow -depth sensors and their test methods.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
Korea Meteorological Administration Public Notice No. 2022 -152 (10 November 2022)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  9 January 2023  
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, Republic of Korea, 
27737  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5521 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/KOR/22_7708_00_x.pdf  
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