# KC Mark — Certification marks and hazardous-area classifications: cross-market equivalences

For KC Mark, market / system is Korea; governing standard / law is Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Control Law; administered by is Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), verified against its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Designation:** KC Mark _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Market / system:** Korea _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Governing standard / law:** Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Control Law _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Administered by:** Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Korea's KC Mark is administered by its Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) to show compliance for mandated products with the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Control Law. It replaced the original EK mark.

## Source

- https://www.belfuse.com/resource-library/tech-paper/power-supply-safety-standards-agencies-and-marks

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11.
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