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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/KOR/47
9 January 2003
(03-0097)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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:
2 Joongang-dong
Kwachon-city
Kyunggi-do
Rep. of Korea
Tel: +82 2 509 7399/7400
Fax: +82 2 503 7977
E-mail: standard@ats.go.kr
Homepage: http://www.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):   Appliance coupler for
household and similar general purposes, Auxiliaries for lamps, Lamp control gear
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Electrical Appliances
Safety Criteria (6 criteria, available in Korean)
6. Description of content:
The following 6 safety criteria will be added to mandatory safety criteria [table 1]:
- K 60320-2-3:  Appliance coupler for household and similar general purposes –
Part 2-3:  Appliance coupler with a degree of protection higher than IPX0;
- K 60923:  Auxiliaries for lamps - Ballasts for discharge lamps (excluding tubular
fluorescent lamps) - Performance requirements;
- K 61347-2-1:  Lamp control gear - Part 2-1: Particular requirements for starting
devices (other than glow starters);
- K 61347-2-8:  Lamp control gear – Part 2-8: Particular requirements for ballasts for
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- K 61347-2-10:  Lamp control gear - Part 2-10 : Particular requirements for electronic
inverters and converters for high-frequency operation of cold start tubular discharge
lamps (neon tubes);
- K 70000:  Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2:  Particular
requirements for electrical sterilizers and similar electrical appliances.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Article 5 of Electric Appliances Safety Control Act
8. Relevant documents:   Official Gazette published by Korean Government (3 January 2003)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }3 April 2003, or after
10. Final date for comments:   3 March 2003
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 Division
Bureau of Conformity AssessmentKorean Agency for Technology and Standards(KATS)
#2, Joongang-dong, Kwachon-city Kyunggi-do
Republic of Korea 427-716
Tel: +82 2 507 7411~3
Fax: +82 2 507 6875