G/TBT/N/KOR/1087  
19 July 2022  
(22-5473) 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:   
Chemical Products and Biocides Division, Ministry of Environment,  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6826 Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
E-mail: asowner2@korea.kr  Website: www.me.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):  'Consumer 
Chemic al Products subject to Safety Verification'  
These products are designated and publicly notified by the Minister of Environment as 
deemed to be risky from a risk assessment conducted in accordance with the Consumer 
Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Cont rol Act.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  "Designation of 
Consumer Chemical Products subject to Safety Verification, and Safety and Labeling 
Standards Thereof"; (173 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  - Designation of new product type(s) and uses thereof, and 
development or strengthening of relevant safety and labeling standards  
- Reinforcement of 'container and packaging' safety management and improvement of 
reporting method  
- Improvement of product labeling  standards, etc  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To protect public health and prevent any incidents like the humidifier 
disinfectant case by designating consumer chemical products that need risk prevention 
as consumer chemical products subject to safety verification, and establishing their safety 
and labeling standards for safety management.; Consumer information, labelling; 
Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/KOR/1087  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• ME Notice N o. 2022 -397 (20 July 2022)  
• G/TBT/N/KOR/867 ( Previously notified as "Designation of Consumer Chemical 
Products subject to Safety Check, and Relevant Safety and Labeling Standards" 
in December 2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  40 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:   
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 
Tel: +(82) 43 870 5521  
Fax: +(82) 43 870 5682  
Email: tbt@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments /2022/TBT/KOR/22_4759_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/KOR/22_4759_01_x.pdf