G/TBT/N/KOR/898  
3 June 2020  
(20-3947) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if d ifferent from above:   
Advanced Motor Vehicles Division  
Bureau of Motor Vehicles Management  
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport  
11, Doum -ro 6, Sejong city, 30103  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 44 -201-3852 
Fax: (+82) 44 -201-5585 
E-mail: zzangjjangman@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.molit.go.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Motor 
Vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision of 
Korean Safety and Performance Regulations for Motor V ehicles and Parts (9 page(s), in 
Korean)  
6. Description of content:  A. Clarify that the subject of safety standard for Level 3 
automated driving is a passenger vehicle only (Article 111 -3): Since the safety and 
performance standards for current Level 3 au tomated driving system were developed for 
passenger vehicles, the revision would clearly mention it.  
B. Establish a new performance standard for Data Storage System for Automated Driving 
(DSSAD) (Annex 27): A new performance standard would be established f or a device 
which can determine the cause and responsibility of accident by recording if automated 
driving system was working in the case an accident involving automated driving vehicle 
in order to protect and save the victim of accident without delay of t ime. 
C. Correction of a term (Annex 27): The term for the function of hazard warning lamp 
was misused as emergency warning signal, so it would be corrected.  G/TBT/N/KOR/898  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Clarify the subject of safety standards for Level 3 automated driving system, 
correct a term and establish a new standard for Data Storage System for Automated 
Driving (DSSAD) in order to clearly determine the responsibility of an accident which 
takes pla ce during automated driving.; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
MOLIT Public Notice No. 2020 -727 (2 June 2020)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun,  
Chungcheongbuk -do, 27737  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 -870-5522~8  
Fax: (+82) 43 -870-5682 
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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