. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/294 
19 October 2010  
 (10-5391) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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 :   
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 
96, 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
 
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):  Textile Products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  A draft revision for 
Safety and Quality Mark Criteria for Textile Products Notice (in Korean). 
6. Description of content:  A draft revision for Safety and Quality Mark Criteria for Textile 
Products Notice  
- Indicate date of fabrication, lot number, bar code or style number in order to make sure 
of fabrication date for the products, among te xtile products for infa nt and family use 
targeted for safety control, which incl ude substance inappr opriate to safety 
requirements such as formaldehyde.  
- Indicate warning phrase (WARNING! IF  SMALL PARTS ARE DETACHED, THEY 
COULD BE SWALLOWED) on the products, am ong textile products for infants and 
children, whose small parts pass a testi ng machine for tiny parts(below 31.7mm).  
Enforcement date:  comes into effect 6 months after notice. 
Visit http://www.kats.go.kr  (homepage of KATS) for more detailed information. G/TBT/N/KOR/294 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
Article 22.1, Quality Management and Safe ty Control of Industrial Products Act: 
Come up with a revised bill of safety and quality mark criteria in order to insert the warning 
phrase to secure infants'  safety and create a provision to  track hazardous products because 
parts stuck to clothing could be easily deta ched and swallowed by children who wear it.  
8. Relevant documents:   KATS Public Notice No. 2010-0314   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }May 2011 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 addresses, if available of the other body:    
TBT Division 
KATS 
96, 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
 
 Full texts are available on the Internet at URLs:  http://www.knowtbt.kr
  
 
and can be downloaded from: 
 http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2010/tbt/KOR/10_3757_00_x.pdf