G/TBT/N/KOR/792  
 
16 October 2018  
(18-6422) 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:   
Chemicals Policy Division, Ministry of Environment,  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel: 82 -44-201-6783  
Fax: 82 -44-201-6786 
E-mail: minaseo@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): New 
chemical substances, Polymer compounds  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft partial 
amendment of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. 
of Chemical Substances  (10 page(s), in Korean)  Korean Draft partial amendment of the 
Enforcement Regulation of the Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. o f Chemical 
Substances  (15 page(s), in Korean)   
6. Description of content: Name of Law: "Draft partial amendment of the Enforcement 
Decree of the Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances " 
Major Contents:  
A. Application for Informing  Change(s) regarding Registration Exemption Confirmation, 
etc. (Article 21, Article 31)  
1) Once R&D substance is confirmed its exemption from registration, etc., it does not 
need to obtain new exemption confirmation when its information is changed (e.g. 
R&D period, manufactured or imported volume, etc.). It is only required to notify the 
Korea Environment Corporation (KECO) of the change(s) by submitting an 
application.  
2) The Ministry of Environment segments standards for imposing a fine to deal with the 
case where change(s) are not notified, and entrusts relevant works to KECO.  
B. Entrustment of Works regarding Permission to Use Hazard Data (Article 31)   
1) What business operators need is hazard data that is produced for hazard assessment 
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  Therefore, business operators should obtain a permission to use the hazard data 
from the Minister of Environment.  
2) Works regarding the above use permission and cancellation are transferred from  the 
National Institute for Environmental Research (NIER) to the Korea Environment 
Corporation (KECO).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To have information of chemical substances that are manufactured i n or 
imported to the Republic of Korea, with a view to prevent any incidents like the humidifier 
disinfectant case.  
8. Relevant documents:  MoE Public Notice No. 2018 -772  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 January 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2019  
10. Final date for comments: 40 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:   
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, Republic of Korea, 
27737  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr   
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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