G/TBT/N/KOR/920  
23 September 2020  
(20-6456) 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 Environment  
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 different from above:   
Transport ation Environment Division  
Ministry of Environment  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 44 201 6926  
Fax: (+82) 43 201 6934  
E-mail: parkhw21@korea.kr   
Website: http://www.me.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):  Light-duty 
vehicles (HS code: 8702, 8703, 8704) subject to Article 76.2 (Green -house -gas Emission 
Standard for vehicles) in accordance with Clean Air Conservation Act.; Motor vehicles for 
the transport of >= 10 persons, incl. driver (HS 8702); Motor cars and other motor 
vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing 
cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702) (HS 8703); Motor vehicles for the transport 
of goods, incl. chassis with engine and ca b (HS 8704)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft partial 
amendment of the Public Notice on Corporate Average Energy Efficiency Standards, 
Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Motor Vehicles and Application and Managem ent 
of the Standards (Ministry of Environment Notice No. 2019 -34, January 30, 2019) setting 
CO2 emissions performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light 
commercial vehicles (22 page(s), in Korean; 2 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of co ntent:  Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Public Notice on 
Corporate Average Energy Efficiency Standards, Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for 
Motor Vehicles and Application and Management of the Standards". The main changes 
proposed  are: 
1) Wit h regard to Korean's new automobile fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions 
regulation (2021~2030), the draft which was made public by the Ministry of Environment 
Notice No.2020 -754 on August 31, 2020, the Ministry of Environment has taken into 
account i mprovements in manufacturers' fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions 
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  standards with respect to fuel economy or greenhouse gas emissions in a manner 
consistent with Article 2 .4 of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.  
2) The Regulation sets a fleet target of 97 gCO 2/km for passenger cars and a fleet target 
of 166 g CO 2/km for light commercial vehicles in 2021, and the Ministry of Environment 
maintains these targets until 2022. From 2023 to 2030, the CO 2targets will be 
strengthening from 95 gCO 2/km in 2023 to 70 gCO 2/km in2030 for passenger cars and 
from 164 gCO 2/km in 2023 to 146 gCO 2/km in2030 for light commercial vehicles.  
3) The ME will provide three type s of flexibility mechanisms, super -credits for ZEVs and 
Hybrid vehicles, incentives for manual transmission -equipped vehicles, LPG -fueled 
vehicles and derogations for small volume manufacturers.  
4) Articles for trading CO 2 credit will be also newly set fo r small volume manufacturers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Ministry of Environment Public Notice No.2020 -754 (31 August, 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:   
Korea WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standar ds (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro Maengdong -myeon Eumseong -gun 
Chungchungbuk -do  
27737  
+(82) 43 870 5525  
+(82) 43 870 5682 (Fax)  
tbt@korea.kr  
http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/KOR/20_5692_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/K OR/20_5692_01_x.pdf