KATS Revises 34 Electrical Appliance Safety Standards
12. December 2025The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) has announced and published revisions of 34 standards of electrical products that require a KC Safety approval in Korea. With the announcement on October 27th, 2025 the updated standards have come into effect.
Below is the list of affected standards that have been updated:
| No. | Safety Standard Number | Title of Safety Standard |
| 1 | KC 60335-2-10 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-10: Particular requirements for floor treatment machines and wet scrubbing machines |
| 2 | KC 60335-2-16 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-16: Particular requirements for food waste disposers |
| 3 | KC 60335-2-21 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-21: Particular requirements for storage water heaters |
| 4 | KC 60335-2-24 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-24: Particular requirements for refrigerating appliances, ice-cream appliances and ice-makers |
| 5 | KC 60335-2-28 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-28: Particular requirements for sewing machines |
| 6 | KC 60335-2-29 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-29: Particular requirements for battery chargers |
| 7 | KC 60335-2-35 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-35: Particular requirements for instantaneous water heaters |
| 8 | KC 60335-2-37 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-37: Particular requirements for commercial deep fat fryers |
| 9 | KC 60335-2-38 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-38: Particular requirements for commercial griddles and griddle grills |
| 10 | KC 60335-2-39 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-39: Particular requirements for commercial multi-purpose cooking pans |
| 11 | KC 60335-2-41 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-41: Particular requirements for pumps |
| 12 | KC 60335-2-42 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-42: Particular requirements for commercial forced convection ovens, steam cookers and steam-convection ovens |
| 13 | KC 60335-2-47 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-47: Particular requirements for commercial boiling pans |
| 14 | KC 60335-2-48 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-48: Particular requirements for commercial electric grills and toasters |
| 15 | KC 60335-2-49 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-49: Particular requirements for commercial hot cupboards |
| 16 | KC 60335-2-59 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-59: Particular requirements for insect killers |
| 17 | KC 60335-2-64 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-64: Particular requirements for commercial kitchen machines |
| 18 | KC 60335-2-65 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-65: Particular requirements for air cleaners |
| 19 | KC 60335-2-68 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-68: Particular requirements for spray extraction machines, including industrial and commercial machines |
| 20 | KC 60335-2-69 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-69: Particular requirements for wet and dry vacuum cleaners, including power brush machines, for industrial and commercial use |
| 21 | KC 60335-2-72 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-72: Particular requirements for automatic floor treatment machines for commercial and industrial use |
| 22 | KC 60335-2-78 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-78: Particular requirements for outdoor barbecues |
| 23 | KC 60335-2-98 | Safety of household and similar electrical appliances – Part 2-98: Particular requirements for humidifiers |
| 24 | KC 60598-1 | Luminaires – Part 1: General requirements and tests |
| 25 | KC 61199 | Single-capped fluorescent lamps – Safety requirements |
| 26 | KC 62031 | LED modules for general lighting – Safety requirements |
| 27 | KC 60884-2-2 | Plugs and socket-outlets for household and similar purposes – Part 2-2: Particular requirements for socket-outlets for appliances |
| 28 | KC 60884-2-3 | Plugs and socket-outlets for household and similar purposes – Part 2-3: Particular requirements for switched socket-outlets without interlock, for fixed installation |
| 29 | KC 60884-2-5 | Plugs and socket-outlets for household and similar purposes – Part 2-5: Particular requirements for adaptors |
| 30 | KC 60884-2-6 | Plugs and socket-outlets for household and similar purposes – Part 2-6: Particular requirements for switched socket-outlets with interlock, for fixed installation |
| 31 | KC 62133-2 | Secondary lithium cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes – Safety requirements for portable sealed secondary lithium cells, and for batteries made from them, for use in portable applications |
| 32 | KC 62196-2 | Plugs, socket-outlets, vehicle connectors and vehicle inlets – Conductive charging of electric vehicles – Part 2: Dimensional compatibility and interchangeability requirements for AC pin and contact-tube accessories |
| 33 | KC 62368-1 | Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment – Part 1: Safety requirements |
| 34 | KC 10031 | Safety requirements for lithium secondary batteries for reuse of used batteries |
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