. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/KOR/368 
30 May 2012  
 (12-2838) 
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 :   
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  
Homepage:  http://www.kats.go.kr/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 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):  Measuring Instrument,  
Pre-packaged Products. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed amendment 
of Legal Metrology Act (available in Korean)     
6. Description of content:   
- Make up for the weak points of the existing management system in order to forward 
 metrological management of measuring instruments and pre-packaged products.  
- The range of pre-packaged products will be  expended from products labelled with 
 length, mass, volume into products labell ed with count & area including products 
 labelled with length, mass, volume. 
- If the measuring instrument does not meet th e criteria or could cause a serious defect, 
 the manufacturer should notify that fact to  the minister of ministry of knowledge 
 economy. And, if necessary, the Minister of Ministry of Knowledge Economy could 
 ask a correction of the problem. 
- Minister of Ministry of Knowledge Ec onomy could make public  illegal operators 
 who illegally manipulate measuring inst ruments and the fact of violation.  G/TBT/N/KOR/368 
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  - Minister of Ministry of Knowledge Economy could impose a fine on illegal profit got 
 by unlawful manipulation of  measuring instrument.  
- Insert an article about construction and operation of total management system for 
 collecting, analysing inform ation of metrological data. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   Public Notice: Ministry of Knowledge Economy 2012-242 
(17 May 2012)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   1 year after the date of published in the Korean 
Official Gazette. 
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 
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  
Website:  http://www.tbt.kr