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ORGANIZATIONG/IT/SPEC/Q4/14
5 June 2002
(02-3126)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion
of Trade in Information Technology ProductsOriginal:  English
SURVEY ON EMC/EMI
Replies to the Survey
Communication from Korea
The following communication, dated 3 June 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Korea.
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1. (a) Does your government have mandatory technical requirements for
electromagnetic interference of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please
identify.
Yes, Information Technology equipment should meet the technical requirements for EMI.
They are regulated under the two Acts of the "Korea Radio Wavers Act" and the "Electrical
Appliances Safety Control Act".  Items that are regulated under the "Korea Radio Waves Act"
include computers, computer peripherals, and in ternal components of computers.  Nine items
including monitors, printers, and duplicators ar e regulated under the "Electrical Applicances
Safety Control Act".
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 22?  If not, please explain the
current requirements.
Yes, EMI standards are currently harmonized with CISPR 22.
2. (a) Does your government have mandatory technical requirements for
electromagnetic immunity of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please identify.
Yes, Information Technology equipment should meet the technical requirements for
electromagnetic immunity (or susceptibility), based on either the "Korea Radio Waves Act"or the "Electrical Appliances Safety Act".
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 24?  If not, please explain the
current requirements.
Yes, EMS standards are currently harmonized with CISPR24.
3. (a) What conformity assessment procedure for electromagnetic compatibility
(EMC/EMI), which includes both interference and immunity, does your government
require for approval of information technology products?G/IT/SPEC/Q4/14
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To acquire EMC registration for Information Technology products that are regulated under
the "Korea Radio Waves Act", suppliers must receive a test report from a designated test
laboratory, and apply for certification to the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL), which is a
government organization.
For items that are regulated under the "Electrical Appliances Safety Control Act", a safety
certification from a certification body designated for mandatory safety testing should be
obtained.  Such certification bodies are: 1) Korea Testing Laboratory, 2) Korea Electric
Testing Institute, and 3) Electromagnetic Research Institute.
(b) May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g. testing, declaration of conformity),
or must third parties perform these procedures?
Test procedures need to be performed by a designated test laboratory or certification body
(those listed above) that are engaged in testing the compliance of technical criteria needed for
EMC registration.
(c) What international guidelines or standards, if any, are those procedures based
on?  If not, what guidelines or standards are they based on ?
The procedures are based on the international standards of the ISO 17025.
4. Has your regulatory authority received any complaint or had any problems regarding
the EMC/EMI aspects of the approved information technology products?  If yes, how
frequent?  And please identify the nature of the complaint/problem.
Occasionally.  Specific statistical records on complaints/problems are not kept on an
industry-wide basis.
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