G/TBT/N/KOR/1085  
12 July 2022  
(22-5317) 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:   
Green Tec hnology Development Division  
Building #6, Government Complex -Sejong  
11 Doum 6 -ro, Sejong Special Self -Governing City  
30103, Rep. of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6671 
Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
E-mail: yhjung417@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.me.go.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 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):  9027-10-
0000 (Gas or smoke analysis apparatus),  
9027-30-4000 (spectrometers),  
9027-50-3000 (colorimeters),  
9027-90-9099 (other)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Enforcement 
Regulations of the Environmental Testing and Inspection Act; (103 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The Regulations require performance certification on select 
monitoring or measuring instruments that are not subject to type approval or preliminary 
type approval under the Environmental Testing and Inspection Act (hereinafter referred 
to as "simple measuring instruments"). Under  the Act, no person shall manufacture or 
import simple measuring instruments without the performance certification, and the 
Regulations prescribe a two -level certification system (Grade 1 and Certified) for these 
instruments.  
Specifically, the Regulations prescribe the list of simple measuring instruments, the 
process and required documents for applying performance certification, and the threshold 
for performance certification by medium (air, water, noise, etc.).  G/TBT/N/KOR/1085  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the n ature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
Ministry of Environment Public Notice No. 2022 -226 (21 April 2022)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  17 August 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  18 August 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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, 369 -811 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5521 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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