G/TBT/N/KOR/700  
 
9 January 2017  
(17-0117) 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 :  
Chemicals Policy Division, Ministry  of Environment,  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 330103, Rep. of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6783  
Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
E-mail: minaseo@korea.kr   
Website: www.me.go.kr  
3. Notified un der 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):  Non-phase -in 
substance & Phase -in Substance, Product containing carcinogenic or mutagenic substance, 
restricted substance, substance subject to authorization  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Revised version of 
the Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of Chemical S ubstances(50 pages, Korean)   
6. Description of content:   
 Phase -in substances placing on the market more than one ton per year should be 
registered within certain period. Business operators obliged to register the 
substances should notify the government be forehand of the name of chemical 
substance, and the estimated quantity to be manufactured or imported, etc.  
 As of now, products containing hazardous chemical substance should be notified. 
The revised Act states that products containing substance of risk co ncerns like 
carcinogenic or mutagenic properties should be notified when the substance is 
contained more than 0.1% in product.  
 Substance subject to authorization should not be manufactured, imported, used or 
sold unless its use is authorized, but except th e uses that are exempted from the 
use authorization.  
 Penalty provisions are newly made for persons who manufacture, import, use or 
sell restricted substance for prohibited use.  
 Sellers of hazardous chemical substance should provide hazard information to th e 
person who purchases the hazardous substance regardless of its registration or 
content in product.  G/TBT/N/KOR/700  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
To enhance safety of chemical substances contained in products (prev ention of recurrence 
of humidifier disinfectant case)  
8. Relevant documents:  MoE Public Notice No. 2016 -869 (Dec 28, 2016)   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 30 June 2017   
Proposed date of entry into force: 30 June 2018   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days  from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Technical  Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standar ds (KATS)  
93, Isu-ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, Republic of Korea, 
27737  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr   
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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