G/TBT/N/KOR/854  
21 August 2019  
(19-5375) 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(ME)  
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:   
Docum ents are available from the Ministry of Environment ( www.me.go.kr ).  
Also available from:  
Indoor air & Noise Management Division Division  
Ministry of Environment  
Building #6, 11, Doum 6 -ro, Sejong, 30103  
Republic of Kore a 
Tel.: (+82) 44 201 6796  
Fax: (+82) 44 201 6802  
E-mail: yeomkb@korea.kr  
Website: 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):  Tyres  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Partial 
Amendment of the Enforcement  Rule of the Noise and Vibration Control Act (56 page(s), in 
Korean)  
6. Description of content:   
- Act: a Partial Amendment of the Enforcement Rule of the Noise and Vibration Control 
Act 
- Main contents: Reporting and labelling systems of tyre noise level (Article 39 -2 and 
39-6, Attachment 14 -2 and 14 -4) 
1) There are no management regulations on the noise caused by car tyres, despite its 
importance in car noise. Expecting reduction of road noise as well as production and 
supply of low noise tyres by i ntroducing acceptable tyre noise level referring to such 
levels of the EU and others, this partial amendment specifies the details regarding 
acceptable tyre noise level, reporting of measurement result, labeling standard and 
method of tyre noise.  
2) On Jan uary 2018, the Ministry of Environment notified WTO TBT of the revised Noise 
and Vibration Control Act that introduces the reporting and labelling systems of tyre 
noise. Its enforcement time rearranged from January 2019 to January 2020. This 
time, the part ial amendment aims to specify relevant details to support the 
enforcement of the Act.  G/TBT/N/KOR/854  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To provide consumers with noise information through labelling of tyre nois e. 
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministry of Environment Public Notice No. 2019 -0485 (June 25, 2019)  
• Ministry of Environment, Indoor Air, Noise & Asbestos Management Division  
No 245 (Jan 18, 2018)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of 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 5525  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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