Korea - Proposed Amendment of Electrical Appliances Safety Control Act

·  Enactment of a safety standard (KC10029) for electrical mosquito swatters using primary or secondary    cell batteries which shall be subject to Supplier's Confirmation of Conformity (as of 1 April 2017)              according to the Article 3 of Enforcement rule for Electrical Appliances Safety Control Act (EASCA)

·   A simple and exclusive safety standard for electric mosquito swatters only using primary or secondary     cell batteries is enacted. This is because some aspects of the existing safety standard (KC60335-2-59)     for electric insects killer, regarding the exposure of live parts, etc., may be too rigorous if applied to         electric mosquito swatters using primary or secondary cell batteries. Furthermore, the existing                 standard includes many irrelevant items, such as electric strength, moisture resistance etc.

·  If an electric mosquito swatter is equipped with dual-control device (e.g. pushing two switches at a          time for operating), its metal part is not regarded as a live part.

·  Tennis-shaped swatters are not regarded as a toy figures.

·  Marking of a dangerous voltage etc.

Proposed date of adoption: 5 February 2017

Proposed date of entry into force: 5 February 2017

Final date for comments: 31 January 2017

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures before 20 February 2016, so that these can be taken up suitably.