G/TBT/N/KOR/554
11 February 2015 
(15-0873)  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 : 
Consumer Product Safety Division 
Bureau of Product Safety Policy 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 93, Isu-ro, Maengdong-myeon Eumseong-gun 
Chungcheongbuk-do, 369-811 
Republic of Korea Tel.: (+82) 438705453 
Fax: (+82) 438705677 
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Enactment of the 
common safety standards of children's products 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Enactment of the 
Common Safety Standards on Children' s Products (3 pages, in Korean) 
6. Description of content: Children's Products Safety Special Law (6 March 2014) quality 
management for children's production in accordance with the laws and industrial safety management will be transferred to the children's products safety in the Special Act.  
As a result the child product safety maintenance "Children's Products Safety Standards" in 
accordance with the special law enforcement and children's products, such as common safety standards for children's products provide a separate enactment safety standard by 
item. 
• Children's products must esta blish a common safety standard. 
• Fondness for hazardous materials safety requirements and physical safety 
requirements for children's produc ts must comply by default: 
• Hazardous material safety requirements (heavy metals, phthalate plasticizers, 
asbestos ban, etc.) 
• Physical safety requirements (small parts, edge, sharp edge, for magnet 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Children's safety (Article 17, 22 and 25 of the Special Act on Safety of Children's Products). Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  KATS Notice No. 2015-0034 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   April 2015 or later 
Proposed date of entry into force:   April 2015 or later   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from 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 
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