G/TBT/N/KOR/867  
2 December 2019  
(19-8292) 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:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of Environment (ME) website 
(www.me.go.kr ). Also available from:  
Chemical Products and Biocides Division  
Ministry of Environment  
Building #6, Government Complex -Sejong, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong -si, 30103,  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 44 -201-6826 
Fax: (+82) 44 -201-6786 
Email: seonaehide@korea.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):  Consumer 
Chemical Products subject to Safety Check. These products are designated and 
announced by the Minister of Environment since it is recognized that they have risks 
based on the result of risk a ssessment conducted in accordance with the Act on Consumer 
Chemical Products and Biocides Safety.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  - "Designation 
of Consumer Chemical Products subject to Safety Check, and Relevant Safety  and 
Labeling Standards" (142 pages, available in Korean) - Comparative tables of old and new 
provisions (28 pages, available in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  - Newly designate and establish safety standards for 3 
products(red seal ink pads, correction fluids and tapes, fog fluid for performance)  
- Designate microplastic(microbeads) as a prohibited substance for detergent and 
laundry product group  
- Prohibit ma nufacturing/importing chemical products used in humidifier as a stock 
solution or added in humidifier water  
- Designate 5 damage -causing substances found in humidifier disinfectants as 
prohibited substances for a preservative -treated filter product  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   G/TBT/N/KOR/867  
 
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  • ME NOTIFICATION No. 2019 -893 (27 November 2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  40 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:   
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, 27737 Republic of 
Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  website: http://www.knowtbt.kr