. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/KOR/387 
29 August 2012  
 (12-4664) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
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 :   
Consumer Product Safety Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 98, Gyoyukwongil, Gwacheon-Si Gyonggi-Do, 427-716, Korea Tel.:  (+82) 2 509 7247 
Fax:  (+82) 2 509 7302 
E-mail:  consumer@kats.go.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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Domestic pressure pans 
and pressure pots.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed amendments 
of mandatory safety certification standard on Domestic pressure pa ns and pressure pots 
(17 pages, in Korean).     
6. Description of content:  Revise the safety standard for dome stic pressure pans and pressure 
pots subject to safety certification:  
- Include outdoor pots such as a camping pre ssure cooker by clarifying the application 
 scope of the safety standard; - Avoid test overlapping of KS-certified  products by applying KS when technical 
 provisions of the safety standard are equa l to the KS G 3602(Dome stic pressure pans 
 and pressure pots). 
※Regarding consumer products subject to the safety certification, manufacturers or 
importers are required to confirm safety by  reporting to safety certification body with 
attachment of test and inspection body certificat es from testing laboratories and  inspection 
bodies designated by models of the products pr ior to delivery of goods to  the market or 
clearance through the customs to identify whet her they conform to the  safety criteria. G/TBT/N/KOR/387 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection based on Article 14.3, Qu ality Management and Safety Control of 
Industrial Pr oducts Act.  
8. Relevant documents:   KATS Public Notice No. 2012-313   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   } October 2012, or later 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
TBT Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 98, Gyoyukwongil, Gwacheon-Si Gyonggi-Do, 427-716 Korea 
Tel.:  (+82) 2 509 7254/7255 
Fax:  (+82) 2 509 7307 E-mail:  mailto:tbt@korea.kr Website:  http://www.knowtbt.kr  
Full texts are available on the Internet at URLs:  http://www.knowtbt.kr  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/KOR/12_3397_00_x.pdf