WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/KOR/8
7 June 2001
(01-2801)
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:           
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 –
toys;  baby cribs;  inline roller skates;  nursing bottles and nipples;  baby strollers;  baby
walkers;  children's scooters;  bicycles;  mountaineering ropes;  lifejackets for recreational
purposes;  protective helmets for vehicles and recreational purposes;  air-inflated water toysand boats;  BB guns;  household gym machines;  artificial eyelashes;  paints containing low
harmful materials;  chemical products containing harmful materials;  cutting blades for
portable handheld forestry machines;  gas lighters;  household pressure pans and pressure
pots;  dry-cell batteries;  household ladders;  thermo-bottles;  motor vehicle brake fluids;
engine antifreeze coolants;  windshield washer fluids for automobiles;  safety glasses forroad-vehicles;  re-treaded tyres;  automotive accessories – child restraints.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   29 Safety Criteria
(available in Korean)
6. Description of content:   Please refer to the pre-notice for the regulations' revision
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: }1 July 2001 or after
10. Final date for comments:   16 July 2001
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:           