G/TBT/N/KOR/797  
 
6 November 2018  
(18-6935) 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: Ministry of Environment  
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:   
Chemical Products and Biocides Division, Ministry of Environment,  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6829 Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
E-mail: fakeexplo@korea.kr  Website: www.me.go.kr   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [ X], 5.6.2 [   ], 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): Consumer 
Chemical Products subject to Safety Check. These products are designated and 
announced by the Minister of  Environment since it is recognized that they have risks 
based on the result of risk assessment conducted in accordance with the Act on Consumer 
Chemical Products and Biocides Safety.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: "Designation of 
Consumer Chemical Products subject to Safety Check, and Relevant Safety and Labeling 
Standards" (128 page(s), in Korean)    
6. Description of content:  
Major Contents:  
- This is the administrative rules to enforce the Act on Consumer Chemical Products 
and Biocides Safety from 1 January 2019 as the Act was enacted in March 2018.  
- Provisions about existing risk -concerned products under the Act on Registration and 
Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances, including 23 product types (e.g. detergent), are 
transferred to the Act on Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety, and these 
products are managed as consumer chemical products subject to safety check.  
- Designated consumer chemical products subject to safety check should comply wi th 
their own safety and labeling standards that are similar with the current standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To protect public health by designating consumer chemical products that 
need risk  prevention as consumer chemical products subject to safety check, and 
establishing their safety and labeling standards for safe management, with a view to 
prevent any incidents like the humidifier disinfectant case.  G/TBT/N/KOR/797  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• ME Announcement No. 2018 -805  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 January 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2019  
10. Final date for comments: 20 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:   
Chemical Products and Biocides Division, Ministry of Environment,  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6829 Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
E-mail: fakeexplo@korea.kr  Website: www.me.go.kr   
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