Anwendungsbereich des Regulatory Essentials
This ESSENTIAL describes the regulatory requirements of
- Electrical Appliances and
- Household Products (= "Consumer products")
in South Korea, based on
- the Act,
- the Enforcement Decree,
- the Enforcement Rules,
- and their administrative rules.
Products in scope may be subject to one of the following:
- Safety Certification, or
- Safety Confirmation, or
- Supplier Conformity Confirmation, or
- Safety Standards Compliance.
Manufacturer, Importer, Distributor, B2C products, B2B products
Geltende Rechtsvorschriften:
Order and dependencies:
1) Electrical Appliances and Household Products Safety Management Act
...with administrative rules about safety standards.
2) Enforcement Decree of the Electrical Appliances and Household Products Safety Management Act
...with administrative rules about criteria, guidelines for safety management, information about test institutes and Korean Standard Industry Classification.
3) Enforcement Rules of the Electrical Appliances and Household Products Safety Management Act
...also with administrative rules.
Act
Enforcement Rules
Enforcement Decree
Nationale Anwendungsebene:
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Kommentar bezüglich der Vergleichbarkeit mit der EU-Gesetzgebung:
No comparable legislation....
Published 2023-04-27 by Benjamin Kerger and Torsten Sahm
Last change 2025-05-19 by Anette Dunkel-Reinboth: Exemption clauses, Electrical safety
Inhalt des Regulatory Essentials
| Legislation in force for this PCT |
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Are legal provisions regulates the product compliance topic? If yes, what is the reference (title, number)?
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| Legislation in force for this PCT |
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Are legal provisions regulates the product compliance topic? If yes, what is the reference (title, number)?
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| Responsible actors |
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Which actor(s) are responsible for compliance with the legal provisions: e. g.
- economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor, fulfilment service provider),
- user (commercial/industrial/professional),
- user (private, consumer)?
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| Regulatory market access conditions for the actor(s) |
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What are the main regulatory requirements (e. g. conformity assessment fulfilment of essential requirements of Annex I 2006/42/EC) prior placing on the market, importation and putting into service (brief description)
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| Penalty by this legislation |
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What are the possible penalties (e. g. sales ban, fines) in the case of non-compliance?
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| Regulatory market access conditions for the actor(s) |
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What are the main regulatory requirements (e. g. conformity assessment fulfilment of essential requirements of Annex I 2006/42/EC) prior placing on the market, importation and putting into service (brief description)
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| Exemption clauses |
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Exempted devices/products or industry sectors.
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| Sub-federal legislation of states/counties |
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E. g. by 2019 an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on governance of the Electrical Equipment Safety System (EESS) has been signed by Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.
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| FTA/MRA status with EU |
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Has the country signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) or a Mutual recognition agreement (MRA) with EU?
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| Authority |
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Name of the authority for approval, registration, market surveillance and/or enforcement
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| Market surveillance authority |
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Name of the authority for market surveillance and/or enforcement
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| Comment on the comparability to EU legislation |
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| Hints |
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Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes
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| Hints |
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Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes
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| Hints |
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Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes
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Formal and administrative requirements
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| Registration at related authority required? |
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Product registration?
Manufacturer registration?
Importer / Representative registration?
if required.
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| Local representative legally required? |
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[Yes/No]
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Equipment authorization (approval process)
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| Approval process (conformity assessment procedure) |
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Means each legally required approval process prior placing on the market, importation or putting into service
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| Is the IECEE CB Scheme accepted by the authority/approval body? |
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"[Yes/ No / no information available]
[Text] Information (website)"
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| Conformance document(s) to show compliance to the authority |
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e. g. SDoC, technical documentation (for 10 years), filled-in approval forms (e. g. ACMA in AUT)
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| Conformance document validity and renewal |
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Validity for Conformance document name mentioned. For mandatory certification validity is important.
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| Which documents are required by an approval body? |
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e .g. formal application
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| Is a factory inspection legally required |
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| Hint to voluntary certification scheme |
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If a important voluntary certification schemes exists, one link will be given.
Important voluntary schemes are for example: UL, CSA, VCCI (Japan)
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| Specific requirements for testing |
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e. g. is an accredited test lab. mandatory, limits, test samples, product description
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| General information to the application of standards |
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e. g. China: GB standards are mandatory, EU: harmonized standards shall be published in the OJEU with respect to "presumption of conformity"
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| Source for standards for conformity assessment |
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| National Standardisation Organisation |
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Link to organisation
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| Are national standards based on IEC/ISO standards? |
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Undetailed information
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| Is in-country testing legally required? |
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| Acceptance of foreign test reports |
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| Hints |
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Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes
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Regulatory labelling, markings and user information
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| Regulatory label (mandatory) |
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e. g. product label
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| Regulatory label (mandatory) |
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e. g. product label
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| Regulatory e-labelling allowed? |
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e. g. put the regulatory information and labels in a software menu
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| Required information on the product and/or packaging |
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e. g. address of the manufacturer/importer, serial number
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| User instructions language(s) |
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Regulated by the legal provisions
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| User instruction requirements and specific compliance notes |
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Form, sentence inside, simple text.
E. g. FCC/ISED compliance information, SAR information, battery, environmental information like waste
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| Digital user documentation allowed? |
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User instructions allowed by QR-Code/internet or digital medium or integrated in device with display?
Safety instruction allowed by QR-Code or digital medium?
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| Warnings, symbols |
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e. g. ANSI Z 535.4
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Allgemeine Informationen
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Code, Kontinent, Wirtschaftsraum
Korean - Framework Act on Korean Language | https://www.law.go.kr/LSW//lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=211473&chrClsCd=010203&urlMode=engLsInfoR&viewCls=engLsInfoR#0000
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards | https://www.kats.go.kr/main.do
Yes | https://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/nomenclature/overview/list-of-contracting-parties-to-the-hs-convention-and-countries-using-the-hs.aspx
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