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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/KOR/29
23 January 2002
(02-0336)
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:   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:
2 Joongang-dong
Kwachon-city
Kyunggi-do
Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 2 509 7399/7400
Fax: +82 2 503 7977
Email: 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):  29 items including
mountaineering ropes;  artificial eyelashes;  lifejackets for recreational purposes;  chemical
products containing harmful materials (cleansing materials, adhesives, aromatics);  dry-cell
batteries (excluding button-type batteries);  low toxicity paints;  windshield washer fluids
for automobiles;  engine antifreeze coolants;  motor vehicle brake fluids;  safety glasses for
road vehicles;  re-treaded tyres (including tread rubbers);  household pressure pans and
pressure pots;  household ladders;  cutting blades for portable handheld forestry machines;baby strollers;  baby walkers;  baby cribs;  inline roller skates;  children's scooters;  toys;
nursing bottles and nipples;  automotive accessories – child restraints;  air-inflated water
toys and boats;  protective helmets for vehicles and recreational purposes;  BB guns;
bicycles;  household gym machines;  gas lighters;  thermo-bottles.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   29 items, 1 safety
criteria (available in Korean)
6. Description of content:   29 Safety Criteria of the designated industrial products regulated
under the Article 4 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Quality Management Promotion
and Consumer Product Safety Act, which used to be notified separately for each product,will now be notified united as 1 Criteria.G/TBT/N/KOR/29
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Article 11 of Quality Management Promo tion and Consumer Product Safety Act.
8. Relevant documents:   Official Gazette published by the Korean Government.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }5 March 2002, or after
10. Final date for comments:   5 March 2002
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 Assessment
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)
#2, Jungang-dong,
Kwachon-city Kyunggi-doRepublic of Korea 427-716
Tel: +82 2 507 7434
Fax: +82 2 507 6875