WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/99
24 February 2000
(00-0701)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
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):   Ballasts, motor-operated
electric tools, cables and household electrical appliances
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Safety Criteria of
Electric Appliances
6. Description of content:   Safety criteria will be established in accordance with IEC
standards.
Cables:  16 criteria including IEC 0227-1 (Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated
voltages up to and including 450/750V)
Wiring devices:  24 criteria including IEC 61058-1 (Switches for appliances:  Part 1
General requirements)Household electrical appliances:  109 criteria including IEC 60335-1 (Safety of household
and similar electrical appliances Part 1:  General requirements)
Electric tools:  27 criteria including IEC 60745-2-1 (Safety of hand-held motor-operated
electric tools Part 2 Particular requirements for drills)
Lamps and ballasts:  65 criteria including IEC 60921 (Ballasts for tubular fluorescent lamps,
Performance requirements)
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Article 10 of Electric Appliances Safety Control Act
8. Relevant documents:   This criteria will be made public in the Official Gazette published
by the Korean Government
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 May 2000 or later
10. Final date for comments:   1 April 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           