. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/143 
13 June 2007 
 (07-2479) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
TBT Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, 2 Jungang-dong Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do The Republic of Korea 
Tel:    (+82) 2 509 7254 - 7257 
Fax:    (+82) 2 509 7307 
Email:   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):   12 items of carpets, 
textile products (underwear, ba by’s clothing, bedclothes), ch emical products for domestic 
use (room perfumery, deodorizing agents), so ft polyvinyl chloride hoses, safety glass for 
road vehicles, plastic kitchen ware and uten sils, high-visibility warning jackets, swimming 
goggles, toys (including motion toys, moti onless toys and balloons), baby carriers, 
mattresses, stationery (including crayons and oil pastels, glue, clays and notebooks). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Safety criteria of Self-
regulatory Safety Confirmation on 12 item s and 12 criteria (available in Korean) 
6. Description of content:    
- The scope of carpets subject to the safety cr iteria is limited to those of which area is 
equal to or larger than 1m2.  Cushions and pads are deleted from the category of 
textile products which include underwear, baby’s clothing, bed clothes.  Terms are 
modified to clarify the scope of  "chemical products for domestic use". 
- Marking intervals of manufacture’s name under the category of soft polyvinyl 
chloride hoses is adjusted. The criteria for safety glass for road vehicles, high-
visibility warning jackets and swimming goggles are supplemented by referring to the relevant KS.  G/TBT/N/KOR/143 
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- Cups and containers for infant formula, which are subject to the Food Sanitation 
Act, will be deleted from the category of  plastic kitchen ware and utensils.  
Classifications of toy balloons are limited to five colours. 
- Redundant tests of durability and strength of  attached parts of baby carriers are 
deleted. The scope of mattress size is extended and the classification of mattress is 
more clarified by including ‘palm mattress’ and ‘natural fiber mattress’. 
- The safety criteria for crayons and oil past els, watercolors, markers, pencil case and 
clays among the category of stationery are revised as follows:  
• The oral toxicity test criteria for crayons and oil pastels will be changed to use 
the Toxicity Test Methods for Pharma ceuticals under the Korea Food and Drug 
Administration; 
• Criteria on heavy metal contents of waterc olors are strengthened up to the level 
of criteria on mouth-contact products for children; 
• The scope of markers and test requirements of formaldehyde are clarified. 
Warning statement related to safety caps will be attached on the product; 
• Paper material is added to the category of pencil case; 
• Criteria on heavy metal contents of clays are strengthened up to the level of 
criteria on mouth-contact products of child ren.  Restriction of using phthalates 
is added. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Article 19 of Quality Management and Sa fety Control of Industrial Products Act 
8. Relevant documents:   No. 2007-86, Notification of Korean Agency for Technology and 
Standards, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, the Republic of Korea 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }August 2007 or later 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
TBT Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, 2 Jungang-dong Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do The Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 2 509 7254 - 7257 
Fax: (+82) 2 509 7307 
e-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr 
 Full texts are now available on the Internet at URLs: 
http://ats.go.kr/english/cm_ 02/cm_02_06.asp?OlapCode=ATSU2106