WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/KOR/348 
20 January 2012  
 (12-0390) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
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 :   
Consumer Product Safety Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 96, Gyoyukwongil, Gwacheon-Si Gyonggi-Do, 427-716 Korea 
Tel.:  (+82) 2 509 7247 
Fax:  (+82) 2 509 7302 E-mail:  consumer@kats.go.kr  
Website:  http://www.kats.go.kr/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 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):  Brake gear of hoist for 
elevators, safety limit switch for elevators, rupture valve, escalators step, step chain for escalators, electronic brake for escalato rs, wire rope, safety circuit board. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  8 items subject to self-
regulatory safety confirmation  (8 criteria, Korean)     
6. Description of content:   
- Establish safety criteria for brake gear of hoist for elevators subject to self-regulatory 
 safety confirmation.  
- Brake safety test including dynamic load  performance, durability, static friction 
 torque and temperature test prescribed in the KS B 6250 and EN 81-1. 
- Establish safety criteria for safety limit sw itch for elevators subject to self-regulatory 
 safety confirmation. 
- Safety test for safety limit switch incl uding safety contact requirement of EN81-1, 
 clearance and creepage of KS C IEC 60947-5-1 and degree s of protection(IP CODE) 
 for KS C IEC 60529. G/TBT/N/KOR/348 
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  - Establish safety criteria for rupture valve subject to self -regulatory safety 
 confirmation. 
- Safety test for rupture valve and one-way  flow restrictor in accordance with the 
 Annex F7 of the EN 115. 
- Establish safety criteria for escalator step subject to sel f-regulatory safety 
 confirmation. 
- Safety test including size of the step and pa llet, static load test, dynamic load test and 
 torsion test prescribe in the EN 115. 
- Establish safety criteria for step chain for escalators subject to self-regulatory safety 
 confirmation. 
- Safety test including structure, dimension,  hardness and breaking force of step chain 
 and life test for rubber roller. 
- Establish safety criteria for electronic brake for escalators subject to self-regulatory 
 safety confirmation. 
- Safety test including braking distance and dece leration test in accordance with the EN 
 115 and static friction tor que, withstand voltage test and temperature test in 
 accordance with KSB 6933. 
- Establish safety criteria for wire rope su bject to self-regulatory safety confirmation. 
- Safety test including diameter, breaking load  and durability test prescribed in the KS 
 D 3514, KS D ISO 4344. 
- Establish safety criteria for safety circ uit board subject to se lf-regulatory safety 
 confirmation. 
- Safety test including vibration test, impact test and temperature test of safety circuit 
 board prescribed in the Annex F6 of the EN 81-1. 
Regarding consumer products subject to th e self-regulatory safety confirmation, 
manufacturers or importers are re quired to confirm safety by re porting to safety certification 
body with attachment of test and inspection body  certificates from te sting laboratories and 
inspection bodies designated by models of the products prior to delivery of goods to the 
market or clearance through the customs to identify whether they conform to the safety 
criteria. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer Safety  
8. Relevant documents:   KATS Public Notice No. 2012-0009   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    July 2012, or  later 
July 2013, or later 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification  G/TBT/N/KOR/348 
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  11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Consumer Product Sa fety Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 96, Gyoyukwongil, Gwacheon-Si Gyonggi-Do, 427-716 
Korea 
Tel.:  (+82) 2 509 7247 Fax:  (+82) 2 509 7302 
E-mail:  consumer@kats.go.kr  
Website:  http://www.kats.go.kr/  
Full texts are available on the Internet at URL's:  http://knowtbt.kr  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/KOR/12_0164_00_x.pdf