G/TBT/N/KOR/1046  
9 December 2021  
(21-9213) 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 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 differ ent from above:   
Consumer and Children's Product Safety Division  
Bureau of Product Safety Policy  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun,  
Chungcheongbuk -do, 27737  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5452  
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Kick board 
for children (HS 950300); Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' 
carriages; d olls; other toys; reduced -size "scale" recreational models, working or not; 
puzzles of all kinds (HS 9503); Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other 
fairground amusements; travelling theatres (excl. travelling circuses and travelling 
menageries, b ooths, incl. the goods on sale, goods for distribution as prizes, gaming 
machines accepting coins or tokens, and tractors and other transport vehicles, incl. 
normal trailers) (HS 950890)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  A draft revision 
for Supplier's Declaration of Conformity criteria for Kick board for Children (7 page(s), in 
Korean)  
6. Description of content:   
• In order to harmonize with relevant international technical regulation, excluding 
the safety requirements of plating corrosion resistance and changing drop test 
methods  
• For harmonization with relevant domestic law and regulation, excluding electric 
type from the scope of application of the current criteria for Kick board for 
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  7. Objective  and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Harmonization with relevant domestic and foreign regulation (Article 25 of 
the Special Act on Safety of Children's Products); Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
MOTIE (KATS) Public Notice No. 2021 -822 (6 Dec 2021)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2022 or later  
Proposed date of entry into force:  January 2023 or later  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from 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:   
Korea WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro Maengd ong-myeon Eumseong -gun 
Chungchungbuk -do  
27737  
+(82) 43 870 5525  
+(82) 43 870 5682 (Fax)  
tbt@korea.kr  
http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/KOR/21_7633_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/KOR/21_7633_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/KOR/21_7633_02_x.pdf