G/TBT/N/KOR/793  
 
16 October 2018  
(18-6423) 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:   
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup,  
Heungdeok -gu, Cheongju -si, Chungcheongbuk -do, 28159  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: wtokfda@korea.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): Food 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: The 
"Enforcement Rules of the Act on Lab elling and Advertisement of Food Products, etc. " is 
newly established (83 page(s), in Korean)   
6. Description of content: The Enforcement Rules of the Act on Labeling and 
Advertisement of Food Products, etc. is newly established following the enactment of  the 
Act on Labeling and Advertisement of Food Products, etc. (Act. No. 15483, 
13 March  2018), which integrates regulations related to the labeling and advertisement 
of food products, etc., found in 3 different Acts: the Food Sanitation Act, Functional Hea lth 
Foods Act, and Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act.  
The regulations that were found in relevant notifications were integrated into the single 
Act and the newly strengthened requirements for labeling methods are as follows:  
According to Annex 3, the  required width of a letter from left to right shall be greater than 
90% by the length of the letter from up to down. The required space between letters shall 
be over -5%. 
However, if the area of information panel is less than 100cm2, the required width of  a 
letter from left to right shall be greater than 50% by the length of the letter from up to 
down. The required space between letters shall be over -5%. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To provide better information to consumers, promotion of public health  G/TBT/N/KOR/793  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  Ministry Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2018 -424 
(12 October  2018)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determ ined 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days after the date of 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.k r  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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