Korea | Designation of Consumer Chemical Products subject to Safety Confirmation, and Safety and Labeling Standards

Title of document
Designation of Consumer Chemical Products subject to Safety Confirmation, and Safety and Labeling Standards (163 page(s), in Korean)

Description
Strengthening and rearranging safety and labeling standards of biocidal product. Designation of new product type(s) and uses thereof, and development or strengthening of relevant safety standards. Improvement of labeling standards.

Notifying member: Korea, Republic of

Notification: G/TBT/N/KOR/954

Objective tag
Protection of human health or safety

Objective
To protect public health and prevent any incidents like the humidifier disinfectant case by designating consumer chemical products that need risk prevention as consumer chemical products subject to safety confirmation, and establishing their safety and labeling standards for safety management.

Documents

• 21_2232_00_x.pdf
• 21_2232_01_x.pdf

Agency responsible
Ministry of Environment

Timing:

• Submission: 26/03/2021
• Reception: 26/03/2021
• Distribution: 26/03/2021
• Final date for comments: 05/05/2021
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A