Recently, South Korea revised the "Electrical and Household Appliances Safety Management Law" to include cylindrical battery and button battery for the first time in the scope of KC certification control. This regulation will take effect on November 15, 2020, and its control scope includes cylindrical battery And button battery. At the same time, if the terminal product contains cylindrical battery and button battery, the battery used must also be certified by KC before they can be sold in the Korean market.

The certification control requirements are as follows:

1）Cylindrical battery and button battery require separate KC certification before they can be exported to South Korea.

2）Involving products that use cylindrical battery and button battery. The battery need to first obtain KC certification before the whole product can be normally sold.

3）The specific applicable standards for cylindrical battery and button battery have not yet been promulgated, and will be updated after further consultation.

The official Korean announcement is as follows:

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