G/TBT/N/KOR/1188  
21 December 2023  
(23-8756) Page: 1/3 
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 -201-5584 
E-mail: herdong1928@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; (100 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. Draft Article 2 will amend the definition of buses intended to carry children.  
B. Draft Article 2, 6, 26, and 90 will reflect the amen dment to Annex 1 of the Enforcement 
Rule of the Motor Vehicle Management Act, such as newly inserted ultra -compact special 
motor vehicle.  
C. Draft Article 15 and Annex 5 -2 will ease the mandatory lighting deceleration range due 
to the operation of automati cally commanded braking and the requirement for lighting 
stop lamps due to the operation of electric regenerative braking.  
D. Newly inserted draft Article 18 -4 will establish mandatory installation standards for gas 
leak alarm in the cabin when manufacturi ng a camping car.  
E. Draft Article 43 will allow installation of secondary stop lamp in all vehicles.  G/TBT/N/KOR/1188  
 
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  F. Draft Article 57 will cite fire extinguisher provision as the related standards were 
transferred to the Act on Installation and Management of Firefight ing Systems.  
G. Draft Article 56 -2 and Annex 5 -25 will add the cases of collision with pedestrians to 
the recording conditions of Event Data Recorder (EDR) and expand the recording items 
by harmonizing them with international standards.  
H. Draft Article 11 4 will add special items exempted from application of standards, revise 
cited provisions, and delete special exemptions that have lost their effectiveness.  
I. Annex 5 -12 will revise the display of speedometer the same as that of a motor vehicle.  
J. Annex 5 -17, 5 -18, 5 -21, and 5 -22 will ease the standards for distance between 
apparent surfaces of driving beam headlamps of motorcycle, ease allowable illumination 
standards for headlamps, stop -lamps and direction indicators, and clarify the observation 
luminous intensity within observation angle the same as it is specified in the Detailed 
Regulations of the Motor Vehicle Management Act.  
K. Draft Annex 6 -2 will harmonize Automatically Commanded Steering Function (ACSF), 
such as remote control maneuvering a nd risk mitigation function, with international 
standards.  
L. Draft Annex 6 -4 and 6 -8 will require automatic turning on and off of headlamps to 
ensure the safety of driving at night, establish mandatory lighting standards for rear 
position lamps when dayti me running lamps are turned on, and ease standards for lamps 
of mass -produced vehicles.  
M. Draft Annex 6 -11 and 6 -14 will amend the exception provisions for the tell -tales of 
front position lamps and rear position lamps according to the requirement that in terlocks 
rear position lamps when daytime running light is lit, and ease lamp standards for mass -
produced motor vehicles.  
N. Draft Annex 6 -21 will add light source type and power standards of light emitting 
device light sources which has been added to inte rnational standards.  
O. Draft Annex 5 -36, 6 -3, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-9, 6-10, 6 -12, 6 -13, 6 -15, 6 -16, 6 -17, 6 -18, 
6-27, 6 -28, 6 -31, 6 -32, 30 -8, and 32 -2 will ease the standards for lamps, for instance, 
accepting allowable deviation requirements of all lamps of mass-produced vehicles to be 
±20%.  
P. Draft Annex 7 -8 will delete the restriction on the amount of deceleration in the warning 
stage before the Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) of bus and truck and 
special vehicle over 3.5 tons is activated.  
Q. Dra ft Article 19 and Annex 13 will delete redundant standards for rear underrun 
protection attached to trucks and special vehicles over 3.5 tons and toughen test load 
and installation strength standards.  
R. Draft Annex 16 will clarify seat belt performance st andards in harmony with 
international standards.  
S. Draft Annex 24 will ease the electromagnetic radiation standards and electromagnetic 
wave resistance standards of vehicle parts in accordance with the relaxation of the 
international standards for electro magnetic compatibility of motor vehicles.  
T. Draft Article 65 and Annex 5 will revise the title of the control device for motorcycle 
and clarify vocabulary related to high voltage electric device.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent  problems where 
applicable:  Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
MOLIT Notice No. 2023 -1512 G/TBT/N/KOR/1188  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  o 1 December 2024 (Article 57)  
o 1 January 2025 (Article 56 -2 and Annex 5-25, All new vehicle types)  
o 1 January 2027 (Article 56 -2 and Annex 5 -25, All vehicles registered for the first time)  
o 1 September 2024(Annex 6 -4 1.d and 6 -8 1.e, All new vehicle types)  
o 1 September 2027(Annex 6 -4 1.d and 6 -8 1.e, All vehicles registered for the first time)  
o 2 years after the announcement (Article 13)  
o Immediately after the announcement (the other articles)  
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, 27 737 
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5315  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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