G/TBT/N/KOR/925  
20 October 2020  
(20-7260) 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:  Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)  
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:   
Measurement & Standards Cooperation Division  
Observation Infrastructure Bureau  
Korea Meteorological Administration  
07062, Yeouidaebang -ro 16 -gil 16, Dongjak -gu 
Seoul, Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 2 2181 0716  
Fax: (+82) 2 841 7045  
E-mail: n4402@korea.kr   
Website: http://www.kma.go.kr   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  
Meteorological Instruments subject to Article 12 -2: Thermometers, Barometers, 
Hygrometers, Anemoscopes, Anemometers, Sunshine recorders, Pyranometers , Rain 
gauges, Evaporimeters, Snow -depth sensors  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft partial 
amendment of the Enforcement Decree of the Weather Observation Standardization Act 
Draft partial amendment of the Enforcemen t Rules of the Weather Observation 
Standardization Act (17 page(s), in Korean; 67 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  Korea Meteorological Administration of the Republic of Korea is 
proposing  to amend  the "Enforcement Decree of the Weather Obse rvation 
Standardization Act" and "Enforcement Rules of the Weather Observation Standardization 
Act". The main changes proposed are:  
This is the introduction of a type approval system for meteorological observation 
instruments that are provided for observat ion purposes to organizations performing 
meteorological observation.  
As the Weather Observation Standardization Act [Enforcement Date 18. Apr. 2021, Act 
No.15585, 17. Apr, 2018., Partial Amendment] is revised, it describes in details such as 
meteorological instruments applicable to a type approval and the requirements for 
designation of type approval agencies which are entrusted by the law including necessary 
matters for the enforcement of it.  G/TBT/N/KOR/925  
 
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    - Meteorological instruments prescribed by Presidential Decree subject to type 
approval (Article 5 -2 of Draft)  
  - Requirements fo r designation of type approval agency (Article 5 -3 of Draft)  
  - Deletion of the list of instruments for testing and approval as meteorological 
instruments (Article 6 of Draft)  
  - In consideration of the current testing environment, adjustment of exemptio n list 
from the testing and approval as meteorological instruments (Article 6 -2 of Draft)  
  - Revision of the requirements for the designation of meteorological instrument testing 
agency to match the requirements for the designation of type approval agency  (Article 7 
of Draft)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
Korea Meteorological Administration Public Notice No.2020 -89, No.2020 -90 (23 
September 2020)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  17 April 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  17 April 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  60 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:   
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  
27737  
+(82) 43 870 5525  
+(82) 43 870 5682 (Fax)  
tbt@korea.kr  
http://www.knowtbt.kr  
http://www.kma.go.kr/notify/information/law_revision_list.jsp  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/KOR/20_6287_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/KOR/20_6287_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/KOR/20_ 6287_02_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/KOR/20_6287_03_x.pdf