WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.364
29October 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-4506)
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: Korean National Institute ofTechnology andQuality (KNITQ)
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 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Bunk bedsforchildren
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment
totheCriteria forSafety Inspection ofBunk Beds forChildren
6. Description ofcontent: Attached
7. Objective andrationale: Tosecure thesafety ofchildren
8. Relevant documents: TheQuality Management Promotion Act. Official Gazette,
12September 1996 (No.13411).
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:25February 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 30November 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: General Merchandise Safety Division
Department ofQuality andSafety
Korean National Institute ofTechnology andQuality (KNITQ)
Tel: 82-343-84-1565
Fax: 82-343-84-4387
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Description ofContent fortheCriteria forSafety Inspection
ofBunk Beds forChildren
Items Current Proposed amendment
Structure
-Thelength ofthesteel-made
hook inside therailoftheupper
bed(incaseofmoveable
ladder).Shall beagood distance Nolessthan50mm.
Dimension
-Thewidth ofthespace inthe
railusedforascent.Nomore than50mm. 300-400 mm.
-Thedistance between thetopof
theupper mattress andthetop
(thelowest part)oftherail
(newly established).- Nolessthan160mm.
-Thedistance between thetopof
theupper railandthehighest
stepofthemoveable ladder
(newly established).- 100-160 mm.
Marking
-Marking items ofproducts or
packaging.(1)Classification,
dimension ofbed
(2)Manufacturer 's
(importer 's)name or
itsabbreviation
(3)Address andphone
number
(4)Instruction manual(1)Same asleft
(2)Same asleft
(3)Same asleft
(4)Same asleft
(Newly established) (5)Country oforigin,
thedateof
manufacturing (the
dateofimport) or
lotnumber
(Newly established) (6)Mandatory
attachment ofa
labelofcautions to
theproduct
(Newly established) (7)Mandatory marking
ofthelimitofthe
height oftheupper
mattress