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South KoreaProposed measure, open for comments

Telecommunication and audio-video equipment

Official title

Amendment to the Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Terminal Equipment

South Korea notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 14 September 2026. Comments are open until 13 November 2026.

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At a glance

Products

IP-based visual data processing device

Notifying member
South Korea(Korea, Republic of)
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Other
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/KOR/1382
ICS classification
  • 33.050 Telecommunication terminal equipment
  • 33.160 Audio, video and audiovisual engineering

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 13 November 2026
Proposed adoption
Scheduled to December, 2026
Proposed entry into force
Scheduled to December, 2026

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 13 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/KOR/1382 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to South Korea.

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What the notification says

ㅇ Revision of the definition provision for the term 'visual data processing device' ㅇ Establishment of a new proviso to exclude Internet Protocol (IP)-based visual data processing devices (IP cameras) from the scope of regulatory application ㅇ Concurrent revision of the 「Notification on Conformity Assessment of Broadcasting and Communications Equipment」 to alleviate the burden of duplicate testing with information security certifications

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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