WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/72 
19 April 2004 
 (04-1751) 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
Address: 2 Joongang-dong, Kwachon-city , Kyunggi-do, Rep. of Korea. 
Tel:  +82 2 509 7399/7400     
Fax:  +82 2 507 6875 
E-mail:  standard@ats.go.kr
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):   Portable ladders;  
aquatic articles;  inflatable boats;  protectiv e helmets for vehicles;  protective helmets for 
sports users;  stationary training equipment;  thermo- bottles;  playground equipment;  
warning reflex reflectors for automobiles;  friction-resistant tiles for bathroom floor;  children’s chairs;  shopping trolleys;  crayons a nd oil pastels;  roller shoes;  portable laser 
devices;  protectors for roller sports users;  chemical products containing harmful materials 
(organic surface-active agents, adhesives, room perfumery). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed 
amendments in the safety inspection criteria of industrial products subject to safety inspection.    
6. Description of content:   
The following amendments will be made to th e safety inspection criteria of industrial 
products subject to safety inspection:  
1. Establishment of safety inspection crite ria on nine industrial products including 
playground equipment, protectors for roller s ports users, roller shoes, portable laser 
devices, warning reflex reflectors for autom obiles, friction-resistant tiles for bathroom 
floor, children’s chairs, shopping trolleys, crayons and oil pastels which are newly designated to be subject to safety inspection; 
2. Revision of safety inspection criteria on sev en industrial products including protective 
helmets for vehicles, protective helmets for sports users, aquatic articles, portable 
ladders, stationary training equipment, and thermo-bottles; 
- Protective helmets for vehicles and sports u sers, hitherto regulated under single safety G/TBT/N/KOR/72 
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inspection criteria, will be subdivided into two product groups (protective helmets for 
vehicles and protective helmets for sports user s) with separate safety inspection criteria; 
- For protective helmets for sports users, the coverage of safety inspection will be 
expanded.  Helmets for in-line rollerskate rs, skiers and children will now be added 
to the items subject to safety inspection for protective helmets for sports users. 
Previously, only bicycle, mountaineering, and baseball helmets have been subject to 
safety inspection; 
- Inflatable aquatic articles and inflatable boats, hitherto regulated under single safety 
inspection criteria, will be subdivided into  two product groups (aquatic articles and 
inflatable boats) with separate safety inspection criteria; 
- For aquatic articles, the coverage of  safety inspection will be expanded. 
Non-inflatable aquatic articles will now be  added to the items subject to safety 
inspection for aquatic articles.  Previously, only inflatable aquatic articles have been 
subject to safety inspection; 
- For portable ladders, the coverage of safet y inspection will be expanded.  Special-
purposes ladders, such as for gardening and papering will now be added to the items 
subject to safety inspection for portable ladde rs.  Previously, only household ladders 
have been subject to safety inspection; 
- All kinds of stationary training equipment will now be subject to safety inspection. 
Previously, only t
readmill, pedal crane training equi pment, and universal training 
equipment  have been subject to safety inspection; 
- For thermo-bottles, the coverage of safety  inspection will be reduced.  Thermo-bottles 
used exclusively for cooling will now be exempted from the items subject to safety 
inspection for thermo-bottles; 
3. For chemical products containing harmful materials, the caution/warning message 
requirement will be reinforced by introduc ing a provision on “special markings” in 
order to enable consumers to identify info rmation on toxic substances contained in the 
chemical products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Article 11 of Quality Management and I ndustrial Products Safety Control Act 
8. Relevant documents:   KATS Public Notice No. 2003-263 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 July 2004, or after 
10. Final date for comments:   31 May 2004  G/TBT/N/KOR/72 
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
 Product Safety Policy Division 
 Department of Safety and Service Standards   Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
 Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) 
 #2, Jungang-dong, Kwachon-city Kyunggi-do  Republic of Korea 427-716   Tel: +82 2 509 7236~7 
 Fax: +82 2 503 7357