Korea Plans to Revise Its Toy Safety Requirements

2026-10-29

In notification G/TBT/N/KOR/1384, dated 2 October 2026, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) about its intentions to revise the Korean Toy Safety Requirements, aiming to align with the latest ISO 8124, EN 71, ASTM F963, and other relevant standards, pursuant to Annex 6 of the Safety Standards for Safety-Confirmation Children’s Products.

Draft Safety Criteria for Toys

The Draft Requirements consist of the following parts, with the changes in each part highlighted in red:

Reference	About
26_05178_00_x	General
26_05178_01_x	Safety Verification Standards
26_05178_02_x	Part 1: General – Types of Toys, Test Methods, and Labeling
26_05178_03_x	Part 2: Mechanical and Physical Properties
26_05178_04_x	Part 3: Flammability
26_05178_05_x	Part 4: Hazardous chemical materials
26_05178_06_x	Part 5: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use
26_05178_07_x	Part 6: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities and other chemical toys
26_05178_08_x	Part 7: Finger paints
26_05178_09_x	Part 8: Organic chemical compounds – Requirements
26_05178_10_x	Part 9: Organic chemical compounds – Sample preparation and extraction
26_05178_11_x	Part 10: Organic chemical compounds – Methods of analysis
26_05178_12_x	Part 11: Microbiological safety of toys containing liquids
26_05178_13_x	Part 12: N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances
26_05178_14_x †	Part 13: Toys designed for oral use