. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/215 
20 May 2009  
 (09-2466) 
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 auth ority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
96, Gyoyukwongil, Gwacheon-Si Gyeonggi-Do, 427-716 Republic of 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):  Any products subject to 
safety control under the Quality Management a nd Safety Control of I ndustrial Produc ts Act  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The modification of 
industrial products subjec t to safety control (19 pages, in Korean).  
6. Description of content:  KATS will: 
Modify items subject to safety control system in  order to alleviate the burden of enterprises:  
- 11 items of industrial products including moist tissues subject to  safety certification shall be 
modified to items subject to self -regulatory safety  confirmation;  
- false eyelashes subject to safety certification shall be modified to an item subject to safety 
and quality labelling system; 
- 12 items of industrial produc ts including carpets subject to self-regulatory safety 
confirmation shall be modified to items s ubject to safety and quality labelling system. 
Newly regulate items subject to safety control system: 
- seat warmer shall be regulated as an item subject to self-regulator y safety confirmation; 
- 7 items including bath seats fo r elderly people, walking sticks  for the visually impaired, 
transfer aids for elderly people, tracking devi ces for elderly people, wheelchair tables for 
elderly people, shoes for elderly people, stainl ess steel dish sponges shall be regulated as 
items subject to safety and quality labelling system.  The national unified single mark, KC mark will be  introduced to products subject to safety 
and quality labelling system.  G/TBT/N/KOR/215 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection, conflict prevention in trade  
8. Relevant documents:   MKE Public Notice No. 2009 - 141 (10 April 2009)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 July 2009   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ 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 Gyeonggi-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://knowtbt.kr/eng/index.aspx