. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/KOR/409 
7 November 2012  
 (12-6140) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Employment and Labor 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and website addresses, 
if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the 
notification shall be indicated if different from above:      
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Machinery, Protective 
devices, Personal protective devices 
Machinery: 1. Press 
2. Shearing machine 
3. Press Brake 
4. Crane 5. Lift 6. Pressure Vessel 7. Roller(Rolling machine) 
8. Plastic moulding machine 
9. Elevated working platform 10. Suspended working platform(Gondola) 11. Chain Saw 
Protective devices: 1. Safety devices for press and shear machine 
2. Overload limiter for cranes and lifts 
3. Safety valve for steam 4. Safety valve for gas 5. Rupture disk for steam 6. Insulation protective device for electric 
7. Ex-apparatus 
8. Scaffolding of Construction 
Personal protective devices: 1. Industrial safety helmet 
2. Safety shoes 
3. Protective gloves G/TBT/N/KOR/409 
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  4. Dust mask 
5. Gas mask 
6. Air-line mask 7. Power assisted filtering devices 8. Protective clothing 9. Industrial safety belts & harnesses 
10. Eye-protectors (Filters for welding) 
11. Welding face-shield 12. Hearing protectors 
5. Title, number of pages and language (s) of the notified document:  A draft of the revision 
on Industrial Safety and Health Se rvices Fees (8 pages in Korean). 
6. Description of content:  Currently, Safety Certification Examination fees (600,000 Korean 
Won + Business travel Expenses) do not include required time for examination and technical fees. Since the examination fee is low, safety certification agencies tend to avoid overseas examination, and the safety certification fee is low compared to other certification fees. 
Accordingly, safety certification fee needs to be rationalized. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable: 
To rationalize fee for overseas safety certification examination in line w ith other certification 
fees. 
8. Relevant documents:  Ministry of Employment and Labor Public Notice No. 2012-280 ,   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    January 2013, or later 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone or fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site address, if available of the other body:   Division for Industrial 
Accident Prevention in Manufacturing, Minist ry of Employment and Labor, 47 Gwanmunro, 
Gwacheon-city, Gyunggi-do, 427-718, Korea, Tel. :  (+82) 2 6922 0931, Fax:  (+82) 2 6922-
0972, E-mail: hyoungsoo21@moel.go.kr , Website:  http://www.moel.go.kr  
Text can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/KOR/12_4309_00_x.pdf