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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.168
7June1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1502)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: REPUBLIC OFKOREA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofConstruction andTransportation (MOCT)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): HSHeading Code
No.8414-40 ~80,8426-49, 8427, 8429 (with theexception ofmotor graders andtire
typeloaders orexcavators), 8430 (with theexception oftiretypedrillmachines), 8474,
8479, 8705-90 (with theexception ofasphalt spreaders), 8905.
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Amendment oftheEnforcement
Regulation oftheConstruction Equipment Management Act
6. Description ofcontent:
Simplifying procedures fortheimportation and/or manufacturing of21types of
construction equipment which arenotlikely tocause damage toroads and
bridges.
- Reducing thenumber ofdocuments which must besubmitted fortypereports
from sixtothree, andreducing theprocessing period from 20to10days.
- Theinspection ofconstruction equipment which ismanufactured forthefirst
timecanbeconducted byprivate organizations withproper facilities, onthe
condition thatfinal confirmation should come from theNational Construction
Research Institute.
- Standards concerning structure andperformance intheabove Actcanbeapplied
differently toconstruction equipment which ismanufactured forthepurpose of
promoting performance.
- Concrete mixer trucks shallbeequipped withacontainer forrefuse concrete.
7. Objective andrationale: Facilitating themanufacture orimportation ofvarious
construction equipment.
8. Relevant documents: Government Gazette No.1995-94 dated 14April 1995
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9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: June1995
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Construction Equipment Division
Ministry ofConstruction andTransportation
1Chungangdong, Kwachun, Kyunggi-do,
427-760, Republic ofKorea
Tel: 82-02-504-9159 Fax: 82-02-504-3062