G/TBT/N/KOR/1155  
24 July 2023  
(23-5035) 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 -201-3850 
Fax: (+82) 44 -201-5585 
E-mail: kkimax@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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addit ion, where applicable):  Motor 
Vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision of the 
Rules on the Performance and Standards for Motor Vehicles and their Parts; (7 page(s), 
in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The existing the Rules on the Performance and Standards for 
Motor Vehicles and their Parts will be abolished.  
A. Give exemption from applying the maximum slope angle of vehicle rollover to the 
special purpose vehicles that has special structures or equipme nt for certain tasks, such 
as testing bridges, moving furniture, and distinguishing fire (Article 8).  
B. Specify that the detailed regulations of TPMS and LDWS shall be announced by the 
Minister of MoLIT (Article 88 -3, 89-2, Annex 6, Annex 6 -29). 
C. Allow emergency light to be lighted on consecutively as well as the current 
simultaneous flickering of turn signals (Annex 6 -19). 
D. Allow to equally apply the larger value between ± 100kg and ± 3% to mid -sized 
vehicles and large sized vehicles for the specifica tion tolerance for vehicle weight (Annex 
33). G/TBT/N/KOR/1155  
 
- 2 - 
 
  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Improve the shortcomings found in the current regulations, based on the 
demand from motor vehicle manufacturers and others in the automotive industry, such 
as giving exemption from applying the maximum slope angle of vehicle rollover to certain 
types of special purpose vehicles, updating the tolerance given to the specification of mid -
size vehicles, and unifying the performanc e standards of Tire Pressure Monitoring 
System(TPMS) and Lane Departure Warning System(LDWS).  
8. Relevant documents:   
MOLIT Notice No. 2023 -893 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 December 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  31 December 2023  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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 -870-5315 
Fax: (+82) 43 -870-5682 
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/ crnattachments/2023/TBT/KOR/23_11243_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/KOR/23_11243_00_x.pdf