Resources: Korean Regulatory Agencies

The table below lists some key Korean regulatory agencies, along with their regulatory scopes and relevant laws or legislative acts. Please contact the relevant agency for more information on requirements for specific products.

This list of agencies is not exhaustive. For a complete list of Korean government ministries, please visit the Korean e-Government Website

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*Note: Links to the English texts of Korean laws have been provided where available. Please visit http://www.moleg.go.kr to search full Korean text. English titles and summaries of Korean laws available through the Global Legal Information Network

Regulator	Scope of regulatory influence	Main laws administered
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards [KATS]	Electrical appliances subject to safety certification [247 items] Electrical appliances: refrigerator, etc. [132 items] Electric tools: power saw, electric plane, etc. [17 items] A/V products: TV, audio, video, etc. [26 items] Office equipment : monitor, copy machine, printer, etc. [9 items] Lighting equipment: fluorescent lamp, etc. [18 items] Electrical components : wire, switch, plug, etc. [45 items]	Electrical Appliances Safety Control Act
	Consumer products subject to safety certification [18 items] Textiles: false eyelashes Chemical products: retreaded tires for automobiles Metal: domestic pressure pans and pressure pots, metal blades for portable brush cutters Household and leisure articles: gas lighters, etc. [14 items]	Quality Management & Safety Control of Industrial Products Act
	Consumer products subject to self safety confirmation [47 items] Textiles: mountaineering ropes, etc. [4 items] Chemical products: primary and secondary battery [including chargers], etc. [10 items] Machinery: hand-operated mechanical ice grinders, portable jacks for automobile Construction: water tanks, friction-resistant tiles for bathroom floor Merchandise: 4-wheeled walking aids, etc. [29 items]	Quality Management & Safety Control of Industrial Products Act
	Consumer products subject to safety·quality labelling [14 items] textile products, leather products [including artificial leather], polyethylene film for agricultural use, dehumidification agents, soaps, tissue papers, furniture, household tool kits, laundry drying equipment [none mechanical], cotton tips, panels for eye protection, sunglasses, glasses frames, tents	Quality Management & Safety Control of Industrial Products Act
	Consumer products subject to Child-resistant packaging [7 items] room perfumery, cleaner, adhesive, polisher, stain remover, anti-freeze agent, windshield washer fluids	Quality Management & Safety Control of Industrial Products Act
	Elevators [voluntary] electric &　hydraulic elevators, escalators, dumbwaiter, wheelchair lifts Parts for elevator [mandatory] overspeed governor, safety gear, door interlock device, device preventing ascending car overspeed, buffer	Manufacture and Management of Elevators Act [full text Korean only]
	Type approval [18 items] platform scales, dial spring scales & platform indicating scales, electrical weighing machines, weights, axle weighing systems, gas volume meters, cold water meters, oil meters, fuel dispensers, LPG dispensers, the graduated oil tank, the graduated ruler of tank volume for lorry, heat meters, electricity meters, moisture content meters for cereal grains, speed detectors, clinical thermometer, sphygmomanometer	Measures Act [full text Korean only]
	Type certification aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers	Aerospace Industry Development Promotion Act [full text Korean only]
Ministry of Knowledge Economy [MKE]	pressure regulators for LP gas, pressure regulators for governors [excluding the internal components in governors], underground-type governors, pressure regulators for LPG vehicles, pressure regulators for gas heater with enclosed containers, gas leakage automatic interception device, gas leakage alarm and interception device, filters for governors hoses [twin, including high-pressure rubber hoses, vinyl chloride hoses, metal flexible hoses, safety couplings] pipeline valves [including ball valves and globe valves], underground-type welded ball valves, PE valves and cocks pipe fittings [including electrically insulated joints, electro-fusion polyethylene joints, transition fittings, quick couplers] forced draught gas burners appliances burning gas fuel [equipped with governors and the volume of gas consumption is less than 200,000 kilo calories] : gas boilers, gas ovens, gas cookers, gas heaters, cassette-type butane cookers multi functional gas safety meters loading-arms fuel cell [the volume of gas consumption is less than 200,000 kilo calories]	LP Gas safety and Business Management Act [full text Korean only]
	seamless gas cylinders, welded gas cylinders, cryogenic gas cylinders, seamed or solder-seamed cylinders, cylinders for acetylene gas, reinforced plastic or composite cylinders, gas cylinder accessories [cylinder valves and safety devices], Pipeline valves for toxic gas	High-pressure Gas Safety Control Act [full text Korean only]
	pressure equipment for heat using devices energy efficiency	Energy Use Rationalization Act
Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs	mechanical parking equipment	Parking Lot Act [full text Korean only]
	fire-wall interior materials	Building Act [full text Korean only]
	dozer, excavator, loader, fork lift truck, scraper, dump truck, truck crane, motor grader, roller, road stabilizer, concrete batching plant, concrete finisher, concrete distributors, concrete mixer truck, concrete pump truck, asphalt mixing truck, asphalt finisher, asphalt distributors, aggregate spreader, mobile crusher, air compressors, drilling equipment, pile driver & earth drill machine, gravel digging equipment, dredging ship, other earth moving & building construction equipment, tower crane	Construction Machinery Management Act [full text Korean only]
	floor-crashing sound isolation structure	Housing Act [full text Korean only]
	lifeboat	Ship Safety Act [full text Korean only]
	anti-pollution equipment	Marine Environment Management Act
	motor vehicles	Automobile Management Act [full text Korean only]
	aircraft, dangerous goods packing, etc.	Aviation Act [full text Korean only]
Korea Communications Commission Radio Research Agency	Electrical communication equipment and materials [type approval] phones, modems, facsimiles, etc.	Framework Act on Telecommunications [full text Korean only]
	Type verification test for radio equipment radio equipment such as automatic vessel warning receivers that are greatly related to human safety	Radio Waves Act
	Type registration test for radio equipment radio equipment such as mobile radio phones that can be easily accessed by ordinary people	Radio Waves Act
	Information equipment Electromagnetic compatibility registration PCs, printers, and monitors	Radio Waves Act
Ministry of Labor	the safety of machines, instruments and their parts, protective devices and personal protective equipment harmful or hazardous equipment	Industrial Safety and Health Act
Ministry of Environment	water purification equipment	Management of Drinking Water Act
	environmental measurement equipment	Development of and Support for Environmental Technology Act
	car noise	Noise and Vibration Control Act
	gas discharged from cars	Clean Air Conservation Act
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism	stage equipment	Public Performance Act [full text Korean only]
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	livestock Products	Processing of Livestock Products Act [full text Korean only]
National Emergency Management Agency	fire extinguishing equipment	Installation, Maintenance, and Safety Control of Fire-Fighting System Act [full text Korean only]
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Korea Food and Drug Administration	pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceutical Affairs Act [full text Korean only]
	functional cosmetics	Cosmetics Act [full text Korean only]
	food	Food Sanitation Act [full text Korean only]
	medical devices	Medical Appliances Act [full text Korean only]
	health functional food	Functional Foods for Health Act [full text Korean only]

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