G/TBT/N/KOR/809  
 
1 February 2019  
(19-0594) 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( www.me.go.kr ).  
Also available from:  
Chemical Safety Division  
Ministry of Environment  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30 103 
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 44 201 6840  
Fax: (+82) 44 201 6830  
E-mail: hriver@korea.kr  
Website: http://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): Chemical 
substances subject to submission of chemicals verification result in accordance with the 
existing Chemicals Control Act, including chemicals subject to import declaration  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft partial 
amendment of the Chemicals Control Act (40 page(s), in Korean)   
6. Description of content:  
1) The Ministry of Environment (ME) integrates the existing two regulations, which are 
the submission of the verification result of manufactured or imported chemicals and the 
import declaration of toxic substances, into a single regul ation: "Notification of Chemicals 
Verification ". Under the regulation, the government issues unique "Universal Chemical 
Tracking Number " to chemical substance to track and manage its use, storage and sales 
on the market.  
2) The ME makes a legal ground that  overseas manufacturer can appoint a representative 
and entrust the appointee with obligations of importer, including notification of chemicals 
verification, so that overseas manufacturer can protect its CBI and the government may 
impose penalty when false  information is notified.  
3) Off -site consequence analysis is not required to the laboratories of universities and 
research institutes, the facilities of elementary, middle and high schools, and a person 
who handles chemical substance in very small amount.  G/TBT/N/KOR/809  
 
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  4) As regular and irregular examinations are performed in accordance with the Chemicals 
Control Act and the Act on Establishment of Safe Laboratory Environment in duplicate, 
the ME integrates them into an annual regular examination under the Act on 
Establ ishment of Safe Laboratory Environment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: It needs to enhance the existing chemicals verification regulation swiftly in 
order to identify and understand which chemical sub stance causes a chemical accident 
when it occurs, and take appropriate safety measures.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministry of Environment Public Notice No. 2018 -368 (3 May 2018), No. 2018 -873 
(28 Nov. 2018).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 30 April 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force: 30 April 2019  
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:   
Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, 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  
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