G/TBT/N/KOR/798  
 
6 November 2018  
(18-6936) 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:   
Chemical Products and Biocides Division, Ministry of Environment,  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6804 Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
E-mail: hyejink@korea.kr  Website: www.me.go.kr   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [ X], 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): Active 
substance and biocidal product  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: "Approval 
Criteria of Active Substance and Biocidal Product" (11 page(s), in Korean)    
6. Description of content:  
Name of Law:  
- ME Public Notice "Approval Criteria of Active Substance and Biocidal Product"  
Major Contents:  
- The Ministry of Environment  announces the approval criteria of active substance 
and biocidal product in accordance with Article 12(2) and Article 20(2) of the Act on 
Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety (Law No. 15511, which come into effect 
on 1 January 2019)  
- This ME Pu blic Notice provides scientific decision -making criteria to approve active 
substance or biocidal product by defining specific criteria about adverse impacts on human 
health and the environment, effect and efficacy, etc. With this criteria, approval applica nt 
can predict whether his/her application is accepted or not.  
- These criteria are to decide approval of active substance or biocidal product 
depending on hazard classification and risk of human health hazard (e.g. CMRs) and 
environmental hazard (e.g. PBT ). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To secure chemical safety of active substance and biocidal product before 
they are placed on the market, with a view to prevent any incidents like the humidifier 
disinfectant case.  G/TBT/N/KOR/798  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• ME Public Notice No. 2018 -807 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 January 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2019  
10. Final date for comments: 20 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:   
Chemical Products and Biocides Division, Ministry of Environment,  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6804 Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
E-mail: hyejink@korea.kr  Website: www.me.go.kr   
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