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KC Product Certification
Electric goods and household goods
Safety Certification
The indicators to be made as per the management act

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Safety Certification

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Marking of safety certification

Article 9 (Marking of Safety Certification, etc.), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND
  • ① A manufacturer or importer of a product to be certified shall, in accordance with the Decree of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, make the following marking on the products to be certified for safety or on their packages (hereinafter referred to as the 'safety certification markings, etc.')
    1. The safety certification products of which the safety has been certified as per Item 1, Article 5: The markings of the safety certification and other markings as designated in Item 3, Article 5.
    2. The certification products that are exempted in accordance with Article 6: The indication of the exemption of safety certification
    3. The electrical appliances to be certified that have been tested for their safety in accordance with Item 1, Article 8: The safety certification marking and other markings as designated by the standard for safety tests in Item 2, Article 8.
  • ② The parties that failed to obtain the safety certification in Item 1, Article 5; parties that are not subject to the exemption in Article 6; or the parties that failed to receive the safety test in Item 1, Article 8 shall not place the safety certification markings or other similar markings on the products subject to the safety certification requirements.
  • ③ A party that falls into any of the following conditions shall not make changes or remove the safety certification markings on the products subject to the safety certification requirements.
    1. The manufacturer, importer, or importation agents of the products subject to the safety certification requirements
    2. The retailer, broker, or procurement agents for the products subject to the safety certification requirements
    3. The renter of the products subject to the safety certification requirements
    4. A manufacturer of a product that uses the products subject to the safety certification requirements as its parts or components
    5. A party that uses the electrical products subject to the safety certification requirements and falls into any of the following conditions;
    1. A. An electrical business as per Item 2, Article 2 of the ELECTRIC UTILITY ACT
    2. B. An installer of off-grid electrical equipment as per Item 19, Article 2 of the ELECTRIC UTILITY ACT
    3. C. An installer as per Item 3, Article 2 of the ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS ACT
    6. A person that uses the consumer products subject to the safety certification requirements for its business
  • ④ If a party that falls into any of the paragraphs under Item 3 wishes to sell, lend, or broker the sales of the products subject to the safety certification requirements via the Internet (unless the broker of on-line sales in accordance with the ACT ON THE CONSUMER PROTECTION IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, ETC. removes the products without safety certification markings, etc. from the cyber-mall it runs and the selling client of the brokerage service is ordered by the broker to input the information including the safety certification markings when registering a new product, while it is possible for the consumers can verify such information by means of technical measures in place,) wishes to act on behalf of the seller to purchase or import, it shall post the information related to safety certification in its website as per the Decree of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy.

[Table 8] How to place the markings for safety certification, safety confirmation reporting, supplier qualification, and child protection packaging. (concerning Item 1, Article 19; Item 1, Article 35; Item 1, Article 45; Item 1, Article 49)

01. How to place the markings for safety certification, safety confirmation reporting, supplier qualification, and child protection packaging.
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B. How to place the marks
  • The sizes of the symbols of the safety certification, safety verification reporting, and child protection packaging (hereinafter referred to as the safety certifications, etc. shall be adjusted in according to the size of the products subject to safety management. However, the ratio between the width and height of the marks are as shown in Paragraph A.
  • The safety certifications etc. must be placed on the products subject to safety management so that the marks are easily noticeable. These marks are also to be printed, engraved, or placed by other means to ensure that they do not fell off or get erased, etc.
  • The information on the marking method of the safety certifications, etc., information on safety standards, and other information as designated by the Head of KATS must be indicated in Korean. However, for electrical appliances, it is possible to make markings using Korean and alphabets, etc., in parallel.
  • The color of the safety certifications, etc. shall be, as a principle, black and maybe supplemented with other colors.
  • If it is difficult to make safety certification markings, or for the products that are purchased in bulk by the users without being resold into the market, it is allowed to make the markings on the smallest packaging unit of such a product, instead of every single piece of such a product.
  • The details of the markings and indications shall be in accordance with the announcement by the Head of KATS.
02. The indications of the exemption confirmation of the safety certifications, etc.
  • The exemption confirmation markings for the safety certifications etc. shall be placed on the surface of the eligible product.
  • The exemption confirmation markings of the safety certifications etc. shall be made using the symbols of safety certifications, etc., with a text 'Exemption Confirmed' beneath the symbol.
  • If it is not possible to place the exemption confirmation marks on the product because the product is for exportation, too small, or to be used as a part or a component, document the reason and attach the exemption confirmation slip on the related document, which shall then be preserved.
03. How to make the safety test marks of electrical appliances that are imported and previously owned.
  • The safety test marking of the imported, second-hand electrical appliances must be attached to the product itself.
  • The markings for safety testing of imported and second-hand electrical appliances shall be based on the symbols used for safety certifications, etc., and, in accordance with the procedures designated by the Head of KATS, a text that goes 'Safety Tested' and the unique identification number for the product must be indicated beneath the symbol.

The markings for electrical appliance products subject to the safety certification requirements

  • Safety certification mark
  • Safety confirmation report number
  • Model name
  • Rated voltage
  • The name of the manufacturer and the importer (if a foreign company, add the country of origin, as well.)
  • An indication of the time of manufacture of the product
    (ex: Year and month of manufacture, lot number, or other indications of such time by the manufacturer)
  • Contact information for after-sales services (which must be a contact number in South Korea that the customers can use to actually receive such services, in South Korea)
  • The required indications and precautions for other specific safety standards

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