KC Safety for Consumer product certification is to ensure the safety of Consumer products to users. This type of regulation can be found globally such as CE General Product Safety regulation. Most products in the scope are not powered by electricity.
- Law: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY CONTROL ACT
- Jurisdiction: KATS (Korean Agency for Technology and Standards)
- Duty holder: manufacturer or importer
Certification classification
Depending on the level of risk such as fire or electric shock, products are classified into three categories: Safety Certification, Safety Confirmation, and Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity.
- Safety Certification: Audit + Product testing
- Safety Confirmation: Product testing
- SDoC: Product testing from the designated laboratories or self-test report
Audit
Audit is only applied to Safety Certification.
KC Safety Certification is a factory basis. The audit will be done to the factory. For foreign factories, the CB(certification body) uses the 3rd parties or they will do by themselves for Chinese factories.
This is based on ISO 9001. The factory shall prepare the quality processes and the relative documents.
- Procedures for Inspection and Testing Activities (including import inspection, in-process inspection, final inspection, and self-inspection) and related records
- Inventory of Inspection Equipment, Calibration Certificates, and Functional Inspection Procedures
- Nonconforming Product Control Procedures and associated records
- Customer Complaint Handling Procedures and related records
- Internal Audit Procedures and records related to the quality system for the production process
Scope
| Field | Classification | Item |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | Safety Certification | – Retreaded tires for automobiles (including tray rubber) |
| Safety Confirmation | – Battery (not secondary battery) | |
| – Brake fluid for automobiles | ||
| – Tires for cars | ||
| SDoC | – Polyvinyl chloride pipe | |
| Life | Safety Certification | – Gas lighter |
| – Water play equipment | ||
| – BB gun | ||
| Safety Confirmation | – Walking aid for the elderly – Walking car for the elderly – Digital door lock – Roller Sports Protective Gear – Snowboard – Skateboard – Ski equipment – Two-wheeled bicycle – Fitness equipment – Portable laser equipment – Riding helmet (including riding eye protection) – Sports safety helmet – Heat pack (including pocket heater) – Nursing pad – Oil stove – Electric board – Outdoor exercise equipment – Home beauty devices | |
| SDoC | – Part of furniture (drawers/filing cabinets with a height of 762mm or more) | |
| – Roller skates, wheeled sneakers | ||
| – Motorized board | ||
| – Window Blinds | ||
| – Double eyelid tape | ||
| – Eyelash thermal forming machine | ||
| – False eyelashes (false eyelashes) | ||
| – Shopping Cart | ||
| – Portable ladder | ||
| – Kickboard | ||
| – Inline roller skates | ||
| Machinery and Metal | Safety Certification | – Home pressure pots and pressure cookers |
| Safety Confirmation | – Portable squeegee blade and protective cover | |
| SDoC | – Portable jack for car | |
| – Ice shaver | ||
| Fiber | Safety Confirmation | – Mountaineering rope |
| – Sports life jacket | ||
| SDoC | – Masks for winter, fashion, and sports | |
| Building | Safety Confirmation | - Anti-slip tiles – Indoor flooring |
| SDoC | – Water tank |
Exemptions
Cases Eligible for Exemption from Consumer product Safety Certification (upon confirmation by the Korea Product Safety Association President)
This is the same as Electrical products.
- Products with limited use and special structures manufactured through custom designs, upon exemption confirmation by the President of the Korea Product Safety Association.
- Products with special purposes (e.g., military supplies) recognized as necessary by the head of a central administrative agency, and confirmed exempt by the President of the Korea Product Safety Association.
- Products supplied to tourist hotels by Korea Tourist Souvenir Center Co., Ltd. in accordance with Article 59 of the Foreign Trade Management Regulation, imported for foreign currency acquisition and sold to foreigners, confirmed exempt by the President of the Korea Product Safety Association.
- One unit per model of a product personally imported for individual use, not intended for sale or rental (excluding products used in multi-user facilities).
- Products intended for industrial use (limited to manufacturing and electricity industries as defined by the Korean Standard Industrial Classification by Statistics Korea) or for other special purposes, confirmed exempt by the President of the Korea Product Safety Association.
- Products imported solely for domestic market research, not for sale or rental, and confirmed exempt by the President of the Korea Product Safety Association.
- Products used directly in international conferences or sporting events, not for sale or rental, and confirmed exempt by the President of the Korea Product Safety Association.
- Products imported for the purpose of obtaining foreign certification, and confirmed exempt by the President of the Korea Product Safety Association.
FAQ
Will I be exempt if I get another foreign certification for consumer products?
Unfortunately, no foreign certifications can be approved for consumer products. The only exception is tires. Tires complying with UNECE regulation No 30 or UNECE regulation No 54 and are stamped with the E mark.
Do I need Korean importer?
You can get the certificate by the name of a manufacturer, or a Korean importer.
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