Maintenance of 27 Government Certification Systems Including Standby Power Reduction Devices

'Review of the Effectiveness of the Pan-Government Certification System' to be Implemented and Finalized by the Regulatory Reform Committee on the 18th

Lee Seung-woo, Director of the National Institute of Technology and Standards, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The government has decided to consolidate and abolish seven ineffective certification systems, including the standby power reduction program, and improve 20 other systems.

The National Institute of Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 20th that it finalized the agenda titled "Inter-Ministerial Certification System Effectiveness Review" at the 466th Regulatory Reform Committee held at the Government Seoul Office on the 18th.

Since last year, the government has been implementing a system to review the effectiveness of certification systems. Certification systems are inspected every three years and improved if found unreasonable. While the "Technical Regulation Impact Assessment" is a system for pre-managing technical regulations, the effectiveness review system is for post-management.

As for consolidation, a representative case is the abolition of the "Standby Power Reduction Program" and its merger with the "Energy Consumption Efficiency Grade Labeling System."

Improvements include rationalization compared to international standards (2 systems), simplification of certification procedures (5 systems), and enhancement of completeness such as establishing legal grounds (13 systems). A notable example is extending the evaluation and certification period for information security products from three to five years to align with international standards.

Thirty-seven systems related to public safety and international agreements will be maintained.

The 27 certification systems confirmed for consolidation and improvement will be notified to the relevant ministries. The National Institute of Technology and Standards will continuously monitor the implementation status of each ministry together with the Office for Government Policy Coordination. Additionally, it plans to thoroughly review 64 tasks scheduled for effectiveness review next year.

Lee Seung-woo, head of the National Institute of Technology and Standards, said, "Following last year, we have abolished, integrated, or improved 27 systems, accounting for 42% of the 64 systems under review this year. We will stabilize the systems to resolve difficulties caused by unreasonable certifications and strengthen industrial competitiveness."

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