G/TBT/N/KOR/553  
 
6 February 2015  
(15-0817)  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: National Radio Research Agency (RRA) 
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 : 
Conformity Policy Division 
Radio Research Agency 
767, bitgaram-ro Naju-si, Jeollanam-do l Republic of Korea 520-350  
Tel: (+82) 61 338 4711 
Fax: (+82) 61 338 4719 E-mail: rrlhkc@msip.go.kr   
Homepage: http://www.rra.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): Telecommunications 
equipments and electrical appliances.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Public Notification 
of Conformity Assessment for Broadcasting Communications Equipments (10 pages, in 
English) 
6. Description of content: 
 Exclusion from conformity assessment for USB or Battery using the power products 
such as Digital scale, Thermo-hygromete r, thermometer, blood glucose meter, 
inclinometer, digital multimeters or similar equipments that have extremely short 
time of use and the markedly low potential hazard for simple calculations or 
measuring from the object and USB and batte ry using the power products will have 
been reclassified as items requiring for SDOC category from designated testing 
laboratories; 
 The test standards for USB and battery using the power products will have been 
changed to test methods (KN14-1, 14-2) from test methods (KN22, 24); 
 Exclusion of items using auxiliary equipment of the products such as cable, cable 
connectors (gender, etc.), and cable accessories from the requirement for 
conformity assessment; 
 Inclusion of lifts such as elevator for th e requirement of conformity registration; 
 Inclusion of radio equipment using road information detection radar for the 
requirement of conformity certification; 
 Inclusion of radio equipment using integrated public network for the requirement of 
conformity certification. G/TBT/N/KOR/553 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
This rule aims to specify the relevant matters regarding broadcasting and communication equipments and electrical appliances subject to conformity assessment and detail 
procedures of conformity assessment.  
8. Relevant documents:  RRA Public Notice No. 2015-5 (22 January 2015) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:   15 March 2015 
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 
http://www.rra.go.kr  
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