. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/KOR/331 
26 September 2011  
 (11-4625) 
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 98, 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 [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):  A revised bill for 
enforcement decree and enforcement regulatio n of the Quality Management and Safety 
Control of Industrial Products Act  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  A revised bill for 
enforcement decree and enforcement regulatio n of the Quality Management and Safety 
Control of Industrial Products Act, respec tively (total 2 ordinances, 1 language) 
6. Description of content:  A draft revision for Enforcem ent Decree of the Quality 
Management and Safety Contro l of Industrial Products Act  
- According to the number of infracti on, differentiate fine imposition for 
 noncompliance of submitting quality manage ment system certif ication materials  
- Change consignment organization in charge of exempting declaration of safety 
 certification or self-re gulatory safety confirmation of products for export and 
 exhibition 
A draft revision for Enforcement Regulation of the Quality Management and Safety Control 
of Industrial Products Act G/TBT/N/KOR/331 
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  - Build a report centre to prevent certificat ion of the quality management system from 
 weakening and investigate quality management system certification 
- Among the products subject to  safety certification, in  case the administrator of 
 Korean Agency for Technology and St andards (KATS) approves that factory 
 inspection is impossible to the products,  they get safety certification by product 
 testing according to the number of goods de livered from factory or customs clearance 
 after applying for safety certification. 
- Establish a certification system of new te chnology products which do not have safety 
 criteria - Make a rule on a scope and a procedure for mutual recognition of testing laboratories  at home and abroad 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Article 2, Quality Management and Safe ty Control of Indus trial Products Act  
8. Relevant documents:   KATS Public Notice N° 2011-452, 2011-453. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    June 2012, or later 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
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:    
TBT Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 
98, Gyoyukwongil, Gwacheon-Si 
Gyonggi-Do, 427-716 Korea Tel.:  (+82) 2 509 7254/7255 Fax:  (+82) 2 509 7307 
E-mail:  tbt@kats.go.kr  
Website:  http://www.kats.go.kr  
Full texts are available on the Internet at URLs:  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2011/tbt/KOR/11_3008_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2011/tbt/KOR/11_3008_01_x.pdf