G/TBT/N/KOR/1207  
18 April 2024  
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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:   
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
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:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of Food and Drug safety (MFDS) website : 
www.mfds.go.kr  
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdeok -gu Cheongju -si, Chungcheongbuk -
do, 28159  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: intmfds@korea.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 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 addition, where applicable):  Hygiene 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
amendments to the "Enforcement Rules of the Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control 
Act"; (20 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The Proposed amendments to the "Enforcement Rules of the 
Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control Act" are as follows :  
A. to prescribe requirements for recognition of hygiene products (including the 
requirement to submit a special reagent for raw materials or testing necessary for 
temporary recognition of criteria·standards) and to authorize the Minister of MFDS to set 
and notify other detailed review criteria if necessary;  
B. to add new criteria for "natural" or "non -addition" in the category of false 
exaggerated·slandering label or advertisement.  
- the label or advertisement likely to mislead the public into believing that the whole 
product is natural although it is made with chemical synthetics.  G/TBT/N/KOR/1207  
 
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  - the label or advertisement of "none," "non -addition" or "0%," meaning that any raw 
material·ingredient·standard prohibited by criteria·standards is not contained or used.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
MFDS NOTIFICATION No. 2024 - 193, 15 April 2024  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, Republic of Korea, 
27737  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5315 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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