G/TBT/N/KOR/611  
 
27 October 2015  
(15-5677)  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: Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 : 
Consumer Product Safety Division 
Bureau of Product Safety Policy 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 93, Isu-ro, Maengdong-myeon, Eumseong-gun Chungcheongbuk-do, 27737 
Republic of Korea 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5458 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5677 
E-mail: consumer1@korea.kr   
Website: http://www.kats.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Portable laser devices 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: A draft revision for 
Self-Regulatory Safety Confirmation Criteria for Portable Laser Devices Notice (5 pages, in 
Korean) 
6. Description of content: A draft revision for Self-Regulator y Safety Confirmation Criteria 
for Portable Laser Devices notice has been revised as follows:  
- All portable laser devices excluding those designed for medical, industrial, performance 
or military purposes shall be subject to safe ty standard and indicate Laser mark (warning 
sign or danger mark). 
- For consumer products subject to the self-regulatory safety confirmation, manufacturers 
or importers are required to confirm safety by reporting to safety certification body with 
attachment of test and inspection body certificates from testing laboratories and inspection 
bodies designated by models of the products before product release or clearance through the customs to identify whether they conform to the safety criteria. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of consumer safety. Article 19 of the Quality Management and Safety 
Control of Industrial Products Act.  
8. Relevant documents: KATS Public Notice No. 2015-321 G/TBT/N/KOR/611 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2015 or later 
Proposed date of entry into force: December 2015 or later   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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, 27737 Republic of Korea 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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