REPUBLIC OF KOREA: PROCEDURES FOR IMPORTATION AND/OR MANUFACTURING OF 21 TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT The following notification has been received in Gatt document TBT/notification G/95.168 dated 7 June 1995. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: Republic of Korea. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2). 2. Agency Responsible: Ministry of Construction and Transportation (MOCT). 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2, 2.10.1, 5.6.2, 5.7.1. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): HS Heading Code No. 8414-40280, 8426-49, 8427, 8429 (with the exception of motor graders and tire type loaders or excavators), 8430 (with the exception of tire type drill machines), 8474, 8479, 8705-90 (with the exception of asphalt spreaders), 8905. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Amendment of the Enforcement Regulation of the Construction Equipment Management Act. 6. Description of Content: Simplifying procedures for the importation and/or manufacturing of 21 types of construction equipment which are not likely to cause damage to roads and bridges. Reducing the number of documents which must be submitted for type reports from six to three, and reducing the processing period from 20 to 10 days. The inspection of construction equipment which is manufactured for the first time can be conducted by private organizations with proper facilities, on the condition that final confirmation should come from the National Construction Research Institute. Standards concerning structure and performance in the above act can be applied differently to construction equipment which is manufactured for the purpose of promoting performance. Concrete mixer trucks shall be equipped with a container for refuse concrete. 7. Objective and Rationale: Facilitating the manufacture or importation of various construction equipment. 8. Relevant Documents: Government Gazette No. 1995-94 dated 14 April 1995. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: June 1995. 10. Final date for comments: N/A. 11. Texts available from: National Enquiry Point () or address and telefax number of other body: Construction Equipment Division, Ministry of Construction and Transportation, 1 Chungangdong, Kwachun, Kyunggi-Do, 427-760, Republic of Korea. Tel: 82-02-504-9159 FAX: 82-02-504-3062. (171)

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