G/TBT/N/KOR/454  
 
4 November 2013  
(13-6064)  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 :   
96, Gyoyukwongil, Gwacheon-Si 
Gyonggi-Do, 427-716 
Korea Tel.:  (+82) 2 509 7254/7255 Fax:  (+82) 2 509 7307 
E-mail:  tbt@kats.go.kr  
Homepage:  http://www.kats.go.kr   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Electrical 
Appliances. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
amendment of Operation Bulletin of Electrical Appliances Safety Control Act  (119 pages, available in Korean). 
6. Description of content:  The purposes of the revision of the operation bulletin of the 
Act are: 
- With the intention of expanding self-regulated products, the 11 items subject to 
the Safety Certification are going to fall within the scope of the Self-Regulation 
Safety Confirmation. The 21 items currently subject to the Self-Regulation Safety Confirmation are going to be subject to the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity; 
- To revise the labelling requirements in order to allow to mark importers instead of 
manufacturers on the label. ∙ 
i. Both manufacturers and importers can be used. (Note that manufacturing 
countries must be stated if the manufacturing factory is located overseas); 
- To revise the particular scope regarding broadcasting and communication 
equipments such as Laptops and tablet PCs; 
- To add the electrical appliances imported for personal use, not commercial use, to 
the scope of the electrical appliances subject to the exemption from safety 
certification requirements; 
- To amend and delete proviso stipulations regarding products including electric 
water heaters. G/TBT/N/KOR/454 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:   KATS Public Notice No. 2013-588   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    10 January 2014 10 January 2014 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 96 Gyoyukwongil  Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 
Rep. of  Korea 427-716 
Tel.:  (+82) 2509 7254/7255 Fax:  (+82) 2509 7307 
E-mail:  tbt@kats.go.kr  
Website:  http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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