. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/KOR/66
12 January 2004
(04-0075)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
Address:  2 Joongang-dong, Kwachon-city, Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea
Tel.:  +82 2 509 7399/7400  Fax:  +82 2 503 7977
E-mail:  standard@ats.go.kr
Homepage:  http://www.ats.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):   Hot water meters
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed amendment
in technical criteria on measuring instruments (Type approvals of hot water meters)
(1 criteria, available in Korean)
6. Description of content:
1. Technical specifications on hot water meters, which are regulated as legal measuring
instruments under the articles 6 and 12 of the Measures Act, will be harmonized with
specifications on the following OIML (International Organization of Legal Metrology)
recommendation:
- OIML R 72 Hot water meters
2. Testing methods specified in Annex A of the following OIML recommendation will be
applied to hot water meters equipped with electric devices, and thereof, technical
specifications for type approvals of the hot water meters will be revised:
- OIML R 49-1 Water meters intended for the meeting of cold portable water – Part 1:
Metrological and technical requirements
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Articles 6 and 12 of the Measures ActG/TBT/N/KOR/66
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8. Relevant documents:   Official Gazette published by Korean Government No. 15550
(19 November 2003)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 July 2005, or after
10. Final date for comments:   17 January 2004
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Metrology Division
Department of Standards and Conformity
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy (MOCIE)
#2, Joongang-dong, Kwachon-city Kyunggi-do
Republic of Korea 427-716
Tel.: +82 2 509 7409, 7410
Fax: +82 2 507 6875