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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.270
18September 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2703)
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: Industrial Advancement Administration (IAA)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Electrical appliances and
materials
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Revision ofthe"Guidelines for
Type Approval andFollow-up Supervision ofImported Electrical Appliances and
Materials" (available inKorean, 37pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheIAArevises theabove-mentioned guidelines asfollows:
- Integrating relevant provisions onimported electrical appliances, which were
previously scattered invarious regulations, intotheguidelines.
- Increasing thecoverage oftype approval exemption: ifimported electrical
appliances areforself-consumption, importers arenotrequired togettype
approval confirmation from theChairman oftheKorean Electrical Appliances
Safety Control Association.
- Loosening follow-up supervision criteria onimporters.
- Introducing anewobligation forimporters/sales agents tosubmit testrecords of
imported products totheAdministrator oftheIAAwithin 50daysofcustoms
clearance oftheimported products.
7. Objective andrationale: Tofacilitate theimport ofelectrical appliances andmaterials
andtoensure consumer safety.
8. Relevant documents: Basic Law: TheElectrical Appliances Safety Control Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedecided
10. Final dateforcomments: 10October 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
Electoral Appliances Safety Control Division
Bureau ofQuality andSafety Management
Industrial Advancement Administration (IAA)
Tel: 82-2-503-7927
Fax: 82-2-504-6755