WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.197
8July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2629)
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: Ministry ofLabour
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Chemicals
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Establishing a
Standard forMSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) Preparation (Ministry ofLabour
Notice No.96-12)
6. Description ofcontent:
Anyemployer performing anactofmanufacturing, importing, transporting, or
storing chemical substance, orpreparations containing such chemical substance, shall
prepare inadvance adatasheet giving thefollowing information:
- Denomination ofchemical substance;
- precaution forhandling withregard tosafety andhealth;
- effect onenvironment, etc.
Alabeldescribing theinformation contained onthedatasheet should beattached
tothecontainers ofchemical substances.
7. Objective andrationale: Toprotect thehealth andsafety ofworkers.
8. Relevant documents: Industrial Safety andHealth Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1July1996
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Work Environment Division
Ministry ofLabour
1Chungang-dong, Kwachon, Kyunggi-do,
427-760 Republic ofKorea
Tel.: (82-2) 507-0206-7
Fax: (82-2) 503-4545