G/TBT/N/KOR/1166  
31 August 2023  
(23-5836) 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: juhyunlee@korea.kr  
Website: www.me.go.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  New and 
existing chemical substances, polymers, and nanomaterials  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft p artial 
amendment of the Enforcement Rule of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical 
Substances; (21 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  - Name of Law: "Draft partial amendment of the Enforcement 
Rule of the Act on Registration and Ev aluation of Chemical Substances"  
- Major Contents:  
A. Simplification of provision of information on chemical substances (Article 36)  
1) For any substances that have been registered without CSR, instead of registered 
number, whether registered could be written on MSDS for the purpose of provision of 
information.  
B. Criteria for reporting changes in substances subject to intensive control contained in 
product (Article 43)  
1) When the amount of substances subject to intensive control contained in product 
changes more than 50%, the substance needs to be reported of changes.  
2) No need to report changes when the amount change is less than 50%  
C. Criteria for Fee (Attachment 11)  G/TBT/N/KOR/1166  
 
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  1) Reporting fee for the initial notification of SSICCP sets to be 20,000 KRW, rep orting 
fee of the changes of the notification of SSICCP sets to be 15,000 KRW  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health; Protect ion of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
ME Public Notice No. 2023 -502 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  4 January 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  4 January 2024  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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, Maengdo ng-myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, Republic of Korea, 
369-811 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5315 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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