G/TBT/N/KOR/724  
 
31 August 2017  
(17-4660) 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:  National Radio Research Ag ency (RRA)  
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 :  
Electromagnetic enviro nment and safety Division, Radio Research Agency  
767 bitgaram -ro Naju -si Jeollanam -do l, 58323, Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 61 338 4512  
Fax: (+82) 61 338 4519  
E-mail: jkyang1@korea.kr  
Homepage: http://www.rra.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):  EMC (Electromagnetic 
Compatibility) Regulation  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Draft amendment 
of Technical Regulation for Electromagnetic Compatibility (26 page(s), in Korean)   
6. Description of co ntent:  In order to support the safety on electromagnetic waves and the 
sales promotion for electric bicycles, the electromagnetic compatibility criteria for electric 
bicycle is newly established. It will replace the current applying criteria, the household  
appliance criteria, for electric bicycle.  
In order to prepare for the expansion of the frequency allocation used on wireless facilities 
such as mobile communication, the frequency range of electromagnetic immunity test for 
the radio, residential or indust rial environment equipment is expanded to 6 GHz by 
adopting international standards.  
In order to protect broadcasting and wireless communication services from the 
electromagnetic disturbance below 30 MHz generated by arc welding equipment and to 
protect th e arc welding equipment from the influence of gigahertz signals of the mobile 
communication, the electromagnetic compatibility criteria for arc welding equipment is 
amended to add the discontinuous disturbance and current ripple criterion and to expand 
the immunity test frequency up to 2.7 GHz by adopting international standards.  
By adopting the amendment of international standards, the induction cooker is classified 
as the household appliance, and the induction cooker criterion specified in the criteria of  
the industrial, scientific and medical equipment is moved to the criteria of the household 
appliances and electric tools.  G/TBT/N/KOR/724  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
 RRA Pub lic Notice No. 2017 -37  (24 August 2017)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or ad dress, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
WTO Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division, Korean Agency for Technology and 
Standards (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, 27 737, Rep. of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
http://www.rra.go.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/KOR/17_3872_00_x.pdf