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South Korea reports revision of seven technical standards for household and similar electrical appliances

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2026-01-19

On December 19, 2025, the Korea Technical Standards Agency (KATS) issued a notification G/TBT/N/KOR/1333 through the WTO, revising seven technical standards for household and similar electrical appliances, namely: KC 60335-2-2、KC 60335-2-12、KC 60335-2-30、KC 60335-2-32、KC 60081、KC 60969、KC 61347-2-3， Involving vacuum cleaners and suction cleaning appliances, heating plates, room heaters, massage equipment, dual head fluorescent lamps, self ballasted compact fluorescent lamps, and lamp control devices.

KC 60335-2-2：2025 Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-2- Special requirements for vacuum cleaners and water suction cleaning appliances

The technical standard KC 60335-2-2:2025, "Safety of household and similar electrical appliances - Part 2-2- Special requirements for vacuum cleaners and water suction cleaning appliances", is coordinated with the international standard IEC 60335-2-2, 7th edition, 2019, and mainly modifies the following content:

Add testing methods and clarify testing conditions, involving clauses 11, 15, 19, 21, etc. of the standard.

Added normative references to section 2 of the standard.

Added content on terminology and definitions, involving clause 3 of the standard.

KC 60335-2-12：2025 Safety of household and similar electrical appliances - Part 2-12: Special requirements for heating plates and similar electrical appliances

The technical standard "Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances - Part 2-12- Special Requirements for Heating Plates and Similar Electrical Appliances" (KC 60335-2-12:2025) is coordinated and consistent with the international standard IEC 60335-2-12, 5th edition, 2017, and mainly modifies the following content:

Add testing methods and clarify testing conditions, involving clauses 7, 11, 15, 21, etc. of the standard.

Added normative references to section 2 of the standard.

Added content on terminology and definitions, involving clause 3 of the standard.

KC 60335-2-30：2025 Safety of household and similar electrical appliances - Part 2-30- Special requirements for room heaters

The technical standard "Safety of household and similar electrical appliances - Part 2-30- Special requirements for room heaters" (KC 60335-2-30:2025) is coordinated with the international standard IEC 60335-2-30, 5th edition, 2016, and mainly modifies the following content:

Add testing methods and clarify testing conditions, involving clauses 7, 11, 19, 21, etc. of the standard.

Added normative references to section 2 of the standard.

Added content on terminology and definitions, involving clause 3 of the standard.

KC 60335-2-32：2025 Safety of household and similar electrical appliances - Part 2-32- Special requirements for massage equipment

The technical standard "Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances - Part 2-32- Special Requirements for Massage Utensils" (KC 60335-2-32:2025) is coordinated with the international standard IEC 60335-2-32, 5th edition, 2019, and mainly modifies the following content:

Add testing methods and clarify testing conditions, involving clauses 8, 11, 20, 21, etc. of the standard.

Added normative references to section 2 of the standard.

Added content on terminology and definitions, involving clause 3 of the standard.

KC 60081：2025 Technical specification for double headed fluorescent lamps

The Technical Specification for Double Headed Fluorescent Lamps (KC 60081:2025) is consistent with the international standard IEC 60081, version 5.6 of 2017, and mainly modifies the following content:

Add testing methods and clarify testing conditions, involving Annex B, C, E and other contents of clause 1 of the standard.

Added content on terminology and definitions, involving clauses 3 and 6 of the standard.

KC 60969：2025 Performance requirements for self ballasted compact fluorescent lamps

The performance requirements for self ballasted compact fluorescent lamps (KC 60969:2025), this technical standard is coordinated with the international standard IEC 60969, version 2.0 of 2016, and mainly modifies the following content:

Add testing methods and clarify testing conditions, involving clauses 4, 5, 6, etc. of the standard.

Added content on terminology and definitions, involving clauses 3 and 6 of the standard.

KC 61347-2-3：2025 Special requirements for AC and/or DC powered electronic control devices for fluorescent lamps

Special Requirements for AC and/or DC Powered Electronic Control Devices for Fluorescent Lamps "(KC 61347-2-3:2025), this technical standard is coordinated with the international standard IEC 61347-2-3, version 2.1, 2016, mainly adding testing methods and clarifying testing conditions, involving clauses 15, 16, 17 and Appendix L of the standard.

Compliance Reminder

The seven technical standards revised in this Korean notification are all mandatory standards, which are an upgrade of the standards. The revised content is consistent with the relevant standards of the International Electrotechnical Commission. Related export production enterprises should complete the upgrade of their export product certification certificates before the official implementation of the new standards. At the same time, they should modify their internal quality management system documents according to the product testing methods and conditions specified in the new standards, strengthen quality control, and ensure that their products meet the requirements of the new standards.

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