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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 5,1995 PSA#1446

REPUBLIC OF KOREA: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND MATERIALS The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.270. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: Republic of Korea. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Industrial Advancement Administration (IAA). 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Electrical appliances and materials. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Revision of the ``Guidelines for Type Approval and Follow-up Supervision of Imported Electrical Appliances and Materials'' (available in Korean, 37 pages). 6. Description of content: The IAA revises the above-mentioned guidelines as follows: Integrating relevant provisions on imported electrical appliances, which were previously scattered in various regulations, into the guidelines. Increasing the coverage of type approval exemption: if imported electrical appliances are for self-consumption, importers are not required to get type approval confirmation from the Chairman of the Korean Electrical Appliances Safety Control Association. Loosening follow-up supervision criteria on importers. Introducing a new obligation for importers/sales agents to submit test records of imported products to the Administrator of the IAA within 50 days of customs clearance of the imported products. 7. Objective and rationale: To facilitate the import of electrical appliances and materials and to ensure consumer safety. 8. Relevant documents: Basic Law: The Electrical Appliances Safety Control Act. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: To be decided. 10. Final date for comments: 10 October 1995. 11. Texts available from: National enquiry point ( ) or address and telefax number of other body: Electoral Appliances Safety Control Division, Bureau of Quality and Safety Management, Industrial Advancement Administration (IAA), Tel: 82-2-503-7927, Fax: 82-2-504-6755. (276)

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