G/TBT/N/KOR/1208  
30 April 2024  
(24-3481) 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:   
National Radio Research Agency (RRA)  
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 abov e:  
Documents are available from the RRA website, also available from:  
767 Bitgaram -ro, Naju -si, Jeollanam -do 
Republic of Korea 58323  
Tel: (+82) 61 338 4711  
Fax: (+82) 61 338 4719  
E-mail: kimjh777@korea.kr  
Homepage: http://www.rra.go.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 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 addit ion, where applicable):  
Equipments subject to Conformity Assessment of Broadcasting and Communication 
Equipments  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
amendment of notification on Conformity Assessment of Broadcasting and 
Communication Equipment; (77 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:   
• Establishment of detailed procedures and reclassification of target equipment 
following the introduction of a self -conformity confirmation system  (new Article 11 , 
12 / Article 18, new paragraph 4·5 / Article 27, new paragraph 3  /new Annex Form 
No.21/revision Attached Table 1)  
o New procedures and methods for writing, disclosure, document storage, change, 
and termination of self -conformity confirmation equipment and reclassification of 
target equipment  
• Establishment of detailed procedures for reporting and correcting nonconforming 
equipment (new Article 25 / new Annex Form No.22~24)  
o In cases where major defects in equipment that have undergone a conformity 
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  nonconformity, submitting action plans and results such as correction and 
collection, and disclosing information on nonconforming equipment, etc.  
• Designation of a domestic agent for an overseas manufacturer and clarification of 
agency matters, etc. (revision Article 30)  
o Clarify the basis for designation of a domestic agent for conformity assessment 
and agency matters  and establish a new procedure to change the designated 
domestic agent.  
• Revision of conformity assessment marking method (complete revision Attached 
Table 5)  
o When indicating that a conformity assessment has been received, it had to be 
indicated on both the  equipment and packaging, but the marking method has 
been simplified so that it can be indicated on the equipment or packaging.  
• Currentization of related provisions and reorganization of attached forms in 
accordance with revision of radio wave laws, etc. ( revision Article 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 
13~24, 26~32 / revision Attached Table 4, 6, 7 / revision Annex Form No.1, 4, 5, 6, 
8~10~13, 17~20)  
o Currentization of article numbers and related forms according to revision of radio 
waves laws and new notice provisions, et c. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  As the Radio Waves Act was revised, details delegated by the Enforcement 
Decree of the Act were stipulated, such as the introduction of a self-conformity 
confirmation system to alleviate the burden on companies, the obligation to report and 
correct nonconforming equipment for consumer protection, the basis for designation and 
agency matters of domestic agents, and the simplification of confo rmity assessment 
indications.  
8. Relevant documents:  RRA Public Notice No. 2024 -42 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  24 July 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  24 July 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:   
WTO Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93 Isu-ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
Rep. of Korea 369 -811 
Tel.: (+82) 043 -870-5315 
Fax: (+82) 043 -870-5682 
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
Full texts are available on the Internet at URLs: http://www.rra.go.kr  (available in 
Korean)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/KOR/24_02882_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/KOR/24_02882_01_x.pdf