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11 April 2023  
(23-2530) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different  from above:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of Food and Drug safety (MFDS) website : 
www.mfds.go.kr  
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdeok -gu Cheongju -si, Chungcheongbuk -
do, 28159  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: intmfds@korea.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Hygiene 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
amendments to the "Enforcement Rules of the Hygiene Products Control Act"; (16 
page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is proposing to 
amend the "Enforcement Rules of the Hygiene Products Control Act" as follows :  
A. Disp osable cups, spoons, chopsticks, forks, knives and straws of the same country of 
manufacture, foreign manufacturer, material and color, even if the product type is 
different, are to be recognized as "the same imported hygiene products of the same 
company".  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
MFDS NOTIFICATION No. 2023 -161, 5 April 2023  G/TBT/N/KOR/1132  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, Republic of Korea, 
27737  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5315 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnat tachments/2023/TBT/KOR/23_8801_00_x.pdf  
 