G/TBT/N/KOR/529
9 October 2014 
(14-5728)  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, 369-811 
Republic of Korea Tel.:  (+82) 43 870 5453 
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 [ X ], 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): Antifreezes, digital door 
locks, toys, cleaning liquids for windscreens, brake fluids for automobiles 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposed Safety 
Criteria for Consumer Products Subject to Self-Regulatory Safety Confirmation (152 pages, in Korean)     
6. Description of content: Safety criteria for antifreezes, digital door locks, toys, cleaning 
liquids for windscreens and brake fluids for automobiles subject to the Self-Regulatory 
Safety Confirmation has been revised as follows.  
• Antifreezes: Relax coloring requirements, adjust safety standard in accordance with 
revision of the international standard, etc. 
• Digital door locks: Add kinds of door lo cks according to technology development, 
comply with the international standard for test condition, etc. 
• Toys: Revise some criteria for electric toys in accordance with revision of the 
international standard 
• Cleaning liquids for windscreens: Modify cited testing methods and add significant 
figures 
• Brake fluids for automobiles: Add 6 kinds to brake fluid for automobiles, Adjust test 
condition in accordance with the international standard, etc. G/TBT/N/KOR/529 
 
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  Regarding 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 prior to delivery 
of goods to the market 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. 2014-228, 229, 259 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   December 2 014 or later 
Proposed date of entry into force:   December 2014 or later   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal 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, 369-811 Republic of Korea 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5520 
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