G/TBT/N/KOR/606  
 
7 October 2015  
(15-5211)  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 
equipment and electrical appliances 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Public Notification 
of Conformity Assessment for Broadcasting Communications Equipment, etc. (37 pages, in Korean) 
6. Description of content: To include of "Radio equipment of the positions emission for 
maritime sufferers" into the list of equipment subject to conformity certification to secure 
the people's safety (Article 3.1)  
 To re-classify 31 types of equipment from  the list of conformity registration 
conducted by designated testing laboratories to the list of the conformity declaration 
conducted on his/her own to reduce the burd en of business (Article 3.2, Article 3.3) 
 To include equipment code and type co de of Broadcasting and Communication 
Equipment, etc. (RRA Public Notice No. 2015-26) into Supplement 7 for the public's 
convenience (Article 5.5, Article 8.5 and Article 11.2) 
 To avoid the confusion in processing by deleting the differently stipulated contents 
for the submission of verification data.(Article 16.3) 
 To permit the e-labelling (electronic display) for products equipped with display 
(Article 23, Supplement 5) 
 To add application forms for cancellation of conformity assessment and re-issuance 
of certificate to solve procedural insufficiency (Article 24, Article 25) G/TBT/N/KOR/606 
 
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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 Equipment and electrical appliances subject to conformity assessment and 
detail procedures of conformity assessment.  
8. Relevant documents: RRA Public Notice No. 2015-84 (23 September 2015) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: 23 November 2015 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] 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  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682 
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr   
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr ; http://www.rra.go.kr   
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