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22 August 2019  
(19-5400) Page: 1/1 
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:  Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
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 fro m above:   
Consumer and Children's Product Safety Division  
Bureau of Product Safety Policy  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, 27737  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5574  
Fax: (+82) 43  870 5677  
E-mail: consumer1@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.kats.go.kr  
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):  Children's 
product  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  A draft revision 
of safety criteria  for children's products (40 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  Concentration of Nitrosamines and Nitrosatable substances have 
been included in safety criteria of children's product used in mouth  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer safety (Article 17, 22 and 25 of the Special Act on Safety of 
Children's Products); Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant  documents:  MOTIE (KATS) Public Notice No. 2019 -0508 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  June 2020 or later  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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, 27737  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5520 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  Website: http://www.kn owtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/KOR/19_4634_00_x.pdf  
 