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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