G/TBT/N/KOR/897  
28 May 2020  
(20-3849) 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: kop511@korea.kr   
Website: 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 Vehicles and Parts (49 page(s), in 
Korean)  
6. Description of content:   
The following amendments will be made:  
A. Modify the lift axle standards of truck and special vehicle, and ban the installation of 
side facing seat (Draft Article 13 and Article 25)  
• - Clarify the lift axle standards of truck and special vehicle, and establish 
standards that ban the installation of side facing seat.  
B. Improve the structure of bus and safety standards for pedestrian behind a car (Draft 
Article 29, Article 30, Article 53 and Article 53 -2) 
• - Clarify the standards for door and emergency exit on a bus which can cause 
differences in interpretation, and clearly stipulate the standards for horn and 
warning sound to pedestrian behind a car.  
C. Harmonize end -outline marker lamp and pedestrian legfo rm impactor/injury criteria 
with the international standards (Draft Article 40 -2 and Article 102 -2) G/TBT/N/KOR/897  
 
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  • - Apply end -outline marker lamp to the rear end lamp of heavy vehicle, and 
harmonize the standards for flexible lower legform impactor (Flex -PLI) with 
the international standards.  
D. Establish new standards for electric motorcycle (Draft Article 69 -3, Article 69 -4 and 
Article 64)  
• - Upgrade the safety standards of High Voltage Electric System (HVES) and 
Rechargeable Energy Storage System (REESS) to meet the level  of 
international standards, and harmonize the tire pressure standards of electric 
motorcycle with the international standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Adding the safety of High Voltage Electri c System (HVES) and Rechargeable 
Energy Storage System (REESS) to secure the electrical safety of electric motorcycle due 
to the increasing demand of it. Improving the current system by advancing the backover 
warning standards for pedestrian and harmonizin g the pedestrian legform impactor/injury 
criteria with the international standards ; Protection  of human health or safety; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• MOLIT Public Notice No. 2020 -681 (22 May 2020)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2020 or later  
Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2020 or later  
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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