proposed amendment of the enforcement rule of the electrical appliances safety control act available in korean korean authorities separately operate their own safety management systems by products. for example mke-kats is responsible for the safety of electrical appliances and broadcasting and communications equipment is under kcc korea communications commission . however it results in such problems as duplicated certification and duplicated charges as technology develops and new technology-based products are continuing being manufactured. therefore it was agreed that the existing safety management systems of kats and kcc are divided by testing sectors safety and emc. starting january 1 2012 mke-kats is only in charge of electrical safety certification and emc certification is in kccfs charge for both electrical appliances and broadcasting and communications equipment. -for this reason kats will operate safety certification system for the 185 items of broadcasting and communications equipment which are now under kcc by adding them into the scope of the electrical appliances safety control act from the implementation date of january 1 2012. kcc sticks with emc for the 185 items. -of 185 items 74 items of wire equipment whose safety tests have so far been conducted by kcc will be subject to the safety management in accordance with the above act from january 1 2012. -with regard to other equipment including radio equipment and information appliances except wire equipment which was supposed for kcc to start carrying out safety tests from the implementation date there is one-year grace period in order to review whether each product needs to be added in the scope and clarify the scope of the act. consequently safety tests for other equipment including radio equipment and information appliances will be required starting january 1 2013. the list of broadcasting and communications equipment subject to the electrical safety test was notified by kcc through a notification no. g tbt n kor 334 and the implementation date was publicly noticed through the national radio research agency notification no. 2011-14.