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27 August 2020  
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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:  National Radio Research Agency (RRA)  
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 abov e:  
Electromagnetic environment and safety Division  
Radio Research Agency  
767, bitgaram -ro, Naju -si, Jeollanam -do l 
Republic of Korea 58323  
Tel: (+82) 61 338 4513  
Fax: (+82) 61 338 4519  
E-mail: bsmyeong@korea.kr  
Homepage: http://www.rra.go.kr  
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):  Household 
appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
amendment of Technical Regulation for Electromagnetic Compatibility (20 page(s ), in 
Korean)  
6. Description of content:  Technical Regulation for Electromagnetic Compatibility  
- Contents:  
The electromagnetic compatibility are prepared by supplementing for electromagnetic 
emission and electromagnetic immunity applied to household appliances, electric tools 
and similar apparatus (Article 8, Annex 5) to adopt international standards.  
· Extension of measurement frequency range for radiated disturbance and radiated 
immunity for enclosure port (measurement of below to 6 GHz in  accordance with clock 
frequency)  
· New establishment of product Category V and Wired network ports for electromagnetic 
immunity  
· Editorial Changes, etc.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Harmonization  G/TBT/N/KOR/913  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
RRA Public Notice No. 2020 -61 (19 August 2020)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2021  
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:   
Korea WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standar ds (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro Maengdong -myeon Eumseong -gun 
Chungchungbuk -do  
27737  
+(82) 43 870 5525  
+(82) 43 870 5682 (Fax)  
tbt@korea.kr  
http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://rra.go.kr/ko/notice/atnList_view.do?nb_seq=2833&nb_type=9  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/KOR/20_ 5169_00_x.pdf  
 