WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.381
16 August 1999
(99-3450)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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)
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 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):   Baby carriages
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical
Specifications of Baby Carriages (9 pages, Korea)
6. Description of content:   Considering that the gabs in the baby carriages often cause
accidents, there should not be exposed gabs whose width are 5 mm up to 13 mm.
Other dangerous gabs in the baby carriages whose width are exceeding 13 mm or below
5 mm should be covered by the protection lid.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Human safety
8. Relevant documents:   This criteria will be made public in Official Gazette published by
Korean Government
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 October 1999
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:   10 September 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           