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 Revision to the “Order for Enforcement of the Consumer Product Safety Act” , “Ministerial 
Order on Specified Products Requiring Maintenance Related to the Ministry of Economy, 
Trade and Industry ”, ”Operation al Rules  and Interpretation s of the Gas Business Act for  
Gas Equipment and Appliances” and “ Operation al Rules  for the Ministerial Order on 
Technical Requirements for Liquefied Petroleum Gas Appliances, etc. ” 
 
May 2021 
Product Safety Division,  
Industrial and Product Safety Policy Group  
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry  
 
1. Purpose  
To prevent  serious product accidents due to age-related deterioration, the inspection 
system  of products for long -term use  was introduced  under  the Consumer Products Safety 
Act in 2009.  The following nine items are designated as the “Specified Products Requiring 
Maintenance ” by the “ Order for Enforcement of the Consumer Product Safety Act” . The 
manufacturers and importers of the se items are obli ged to inspect the items after the 
standard use period has passed.  
A) Water heaters  using pipelined gas ( indoor installation ) 
B) Water heaters using LP gas ( indoor installation ) 
C) Bath boiler s with gas burners  using pipelined gas  (indoor installation )  
D) Bath boiler s with gas burners using LP gas ( indoor installation ) 
E) Oil water heaters  
F) Oil bath boiler s 
G) Forced -flue type (direct -vent type) oil fan heater s 
H) Built-in electric dishwasher s 
I) Electric dryer s for bathroom   
  
The product design  of these items has recently improved  and the  risk of product 
accidents due to age -related  deterioration has drastically decreased . Especially, the 
frequency of accidents due to age -related deterioration of these seven  products except E) 
and F) became unde r 1ppm which is the criterion to be selected as “ Specified Products 
Requiring Maintenance ”. Continuous obligation  of inspection s for products for which the 
risk of accident s due to age -related deterioration  has decreased can be  an excessive  2 
 burden on the manufactures and importers.  Therefore, these seven items  for which the 
frequency of the accidents due to age -related deteriorations  has decreased will be removed 
from the list of “ Specified Products Requiring Maintenance ,” which are the targets of the 
inspection. In addition, the terms relat ing to the remov ed items that had been regulated in 
the “Ministerial Order on Specified Products Requiring Maintenance Related to the Ministry 
of Economy, Trade and Industry ” will be deleted.  Also, regarding  C) and D) , for continuous 
conduct of appropriate measures against age -related deterioration, the existing voluntary 
regulation for private businesses will be introduced into ”Operational Rules and 
Interpretations of the Gas Business Act for Gas Equipment and Applianc es” and 
“Operational Rules of the Ministerial Order on Technical Requirements for Liquefied 
Petroleum Gas Appliances, etc.”  (hereinafter referred to as “Operational Rules”) . 
 
2. Summary  
A), B), C), D), G),  H) and I) will be removed from the list of “Specified  Products Requiring 
Maintenance”  and the terms related to the remov ed items will be deleted . Also, regarding 
C) and D), the existing voluntary regulation for private businesses will be introduced into  
the Operational Rules  to maintain the appropriate measure s against age -related 
deterioration . 
3. Expected Schedule  
Date of adoption : July 2021 
Date of enforcement: August  2021