G/TBT/N/KOR/790  
 
16 October 2018  
(18-6420) 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 Food and Drug Safety  
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, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6783  
Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
E-mail: minaseo@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): Chemical 
substances with carcinogenic, mutagenic and repro -toxic properties (CMRs), endocrine 
disrupting chemicals  (EDCs), chemical substances with specific target organ toxicity 
(STOT), persistent and bio -accumulative substances and so on.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Designation of 
Priority Substances (32 page(s), in Korean)   
6. Description of content: Name of Law: "Designation of Priority Substances " 
Major Contents: The Ministry of Environment designates and announces chemical 
substances that have any of the following hazards as "priority substance ". 
a) Chemical substances that cause or may cause any harm to humans or animals due 
to their carcinogenic, mutagenic and repro -toxic properties . 
b) Chemical substances that cause or may cause endocrine disorders . 
c) Chemical substances that are highly bio -accumulative in humans or animals, and 
long-persistent in the environment . 
d) Chemical substances that may cause harm to human organs such as lung, liver and 
kidney when being exposed.  
e) Chemical substances that may cause harm equivalent to the abovementioned or may 
cause more sev ere damage . G/TBT/N/KOR/790  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To have information of chemical products that contain chemical substance 
with higher risk to human body, with a view to prevent any incidents like the humidi fier 
disinfectant case.  
8. Relevant documents:  MoE Public Notice No. 2018 -748  
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:   
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (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@korea.kr   
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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