G/TBT/N/KOR/499  
 
12 June 2014  
(14-3409)  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 : 
93, Isu-ro, Maengdong-myeon 
Eumseong-gun 
Chungcheongbuk-do 369-811, Korea Tel: (+82) 43 870 5525/5526 
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682 
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  
Homepage: 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 
Appliances 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Proposed 
revision and withdrawal of the Korean Safety Standard. 
 KATS Public Notice No. 2014-0143 (19 pages, in Korean) 
 KATS Public Notice No. 2014-0144 (8 pages, in Korean) 
 KATS Public Notice No. 2014-0145 (6 pages, in Korean) 
6. Description of content: With the intention of facilitating industries by reducing 
burdens of having two certifications, the Korean Technical Regulations under the Electrical Appliances Safety Control Act are going to adopt/refer to the Korean 
National Standards which are under the Industrial Standardization Act.  
Both of the Korean Technical Regulations (KC) and the Korean National Standards 
(KS) are established based on the International Standards (IEC) so that the two 
are almost identical. 
If the edition of the regulations (KC) and the corresponding standards are the 
same, the regulations (KC) will use the corresponding standards (KS) as reference standards. (subject to 393 regulations) 
- When the Electrical Appliances Safety Control Act is amended, the related regulation 
(KC) will be revised by adding clauses accordingly if necessary. G/TBT/N/KOR/499 
 
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  When the edition of the reference Korean standard is more recent than the 
corresponding regulation, both the standard (K S) and the regulation (KC) will be used 
for the certain period of time, (124 regulations) 
When the edition of the referenced Korean standard is older or there is no 
corresponding standard, the amendments or updates on the KS standard are required and the amended standards are ad apted by the KC regulations after the 
standards has been updated. 
If the referenced international standards and Korean standards (KS) were 
withdrawn, the corresponding regulations (K C) will be withdrawn. (subject to 90 
regulations). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection, Article 3(3) and 11(3) of the Electrical Appliance Safety 
Control Act.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 KATS Public Notice No. 2014-0143 
 KATS Public Notice No. 2014-0144 
 KATS Public Notice No. 2014-0145 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    31 July 2014 31 July 2014 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the 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, Korea 
Tel:(+82) 438705525/5526 Fax:(+82)438705682 E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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