G/TBT/N/KOR/853  
21 August 2019  
(19-5374) 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 (ME)  
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 ( www.me.go.kr ).  
Also available from:  
Indoor air & Noise Management Division Division  
Ministry of Environment  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103  
Republic of Kor ea 
Tel.: (+82) 44 201 6796  
Fax: (+82) 44 201 6802  
E-mail: yeomkb@korea.kr  
Website: www.me.go.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):  Noise -
generating construction machinery  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Partial 
Amendment of the Enforcement Rule of the Noise and Vibration Control Act (56 page(s), in 
Korean)  
6. Description of content:   
- Act: a Partial Amendment of the Enforcement Rule of the Noise and Vibration Control 
Act 
- Main contents: Operation standards of noise -generating construction machineries 
(Attachment 18 -2) 
1) Newly -developed standards for generators and concrete cutters to control noise  
generating construction machinery  
2) As the Ministry of Environment is mandated to develop noise control standards of 
noise-generating construction machineries pursuant to the Noise and Vibration 
Control Act, it has already been implementing the standards for four out of nine 
types of noise -generating construction machineries since February 2014 . This time, 
the partial amendment aims at setting up two more standards for generator and 
concrete cutter.  
※ Existing noise standards: excavator, tamping machine, loader, air compressor  G/TBT/N/KOR/853  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
- To provide consumers with noise information of noise -generating construction 
machineries  
- To prevent any damage of residents caused by low -noise construction machineries  
8. Relevant documents:  Ministry of Environment Public Notice No. 2019 -0485 
(June  25, 2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of 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, 27 737 
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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