South Korea - Revision of the Enforcement Regulations of the Environmental Testing and Inspection Act

​South Korea Ministry of Environment​ announced revision of the Enforcement Regulations of the Environmental Testing and Inspection Act

The  Regulations  require performance  certification  on  select monitoring or measuring instruments that are not subject to type approval or preliminary type approval under the Environmental Testing and Inspection Act (hereinafter referred to as "simple measuring instruments"). Under the Act, no person shall manufacture or import  simple  measuring  instruments  without  the  performance  certification,  and  the Regulations prescribe a two-level certification system (Grade 1 and Certified) for these instruments. Specifically,  the  Regulations prescribe  the  list  of  simple  measuring  instruments,  the process and required documents for applying performance certification, and the threshold for performance certification by medium (air, water, noise, etc.).

Proposed date of adoption: August 17, 2022

Proposed date of entry into force: August 18, 2022

Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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