G/TBT/N/KOR/674  
 
10 October 2016  
(16-5419) 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 Technolo gy 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 different from above :  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, 369 -811,  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.:  (+82) 43 870 5444  
Fax:  (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.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):  Electrical Applia nces 
and Industrial Product s 
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Draft of 
Enforcement regulation of Electrical Appliances and Industrial Product Safety Control Act 
(117 pages, available in Korean).     
6. Description of co ntent:  In order to enforce the "Electrical Appliances and Industrial 
Products Safety Control Act", it is necessary to prescribe the details of the safety system.  
Products subject to Self -Regulation Safety Confirmation shall be reported the relevant 
authori ty. 
Define legal terms, system and the scope of enforcement ordinance and enforcement 
regulation, and specify the products subject to Safety control.  
Illegal or defeated products subject to the Safety Confirmation will be lost its grant of 
certification  
Exempt the procedure of factory inspection and regular inspection for the electrical 
appliances which is produced or imported into one -off below 100.  
In order to prevent the consumers? damages of internet sales products, prescribe the 
certification informati on which shall be posted mandatorily and how to post.  
Exempt the products testing and factory inspection for the products which has KS 
certification, but require the safety certification to be issued in order to post safety 
management.  G/TBT/N/KOR/674  
 
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  7. Objective and ra tionale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  KATS Public Notice No. 2016 -499 ( 26 September  2016)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 28 January 2017   
Proposed date of entry into force: 28 Januar y 2017    
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Korean Agency for Technology and S tandards  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, 27737, Republic of 
Korea  
Tel.:  (+82) 43 870 5525  
Fax:  (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail:  tbt@kats.go.kr  
Website:  http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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