. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/KOR/350 
20 January 2012  
 (12-0394) 
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 [ 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):  Moist tissues 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  A draft revision for 
enforcement regulation of the Quality Manageme nt and Safety Control of Industrial Products 
Act (Korean, KATS Public  Notice No. 2011-634) 
A draft revision of the safety criteria for indus trial product subject to Self-regulat ory Safety 
Confirmation  (Korean, KATS Public Notice No. 2011-494) 
6. Description of content:   
- Regarding moist tissues, enterprisers should submit materials for consumer safety.  
 (Proposed date of entry into  force: July 2012, or later) 
- Indicate ingredients and mixing proporti on of product when applying for self-
 regulatory safety confirmation. 
- Submit safety materials of product substances which are not  prescribed in the safety 
 criteria  of  industrial  prod ucts  subject to  se lf-regulatory  safety  confirmation, when G/TBT/N/KOR/350 
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   applying for self-regulat ory safety confirmation. 
- Revise safety criteria for moist tissues su bject to self-regulator y safety confirmation. 
 (Proposed date of entry into force: January 2013, or later) 
- Establish safety requirements for preservativ e or substances which trigger an allergic 
 reaction. 
- As for infants' products, manufacturers (importers) should indicate name of all 
 chemical substances of the product. As for normal products, manufacturers 
 (importers) should indicate  function of substances. 
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:  
Customer protection(Article 2 & 19, Quality Ma nagement and Safety Control of Industrial 
Products Act)  
8. Relevant documents:    
- KATS Public Notice No. 2011-634 
- KATS Public Notice No. 2011-494 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    March 2012, or  later 
January 2013, or late /July 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:    
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/  
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