G/TBT/N/KOR/1058  
22 February 2022  
(22-1721) 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:   
Motor Vehicles Policy Division  
Bureau of Motor Vehicles Policy  
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Motor 
Vehicles; VEHICLES OTHER THAN RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY ROLLING STOCK, AND PARTS 
AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (HS 87)  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Revision of 
'Rules on the Performance and Standards for Motor Vehicles and their Parts' (previously 
notified as 'Korean Safety and Performance Regulations for Motor Vehicles and Parts' on 
May 2020) (92 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The following amendments will be made to the Rules on the 
Performance and Standards for Motor Vehicles and their Parts.  
A. Draft Article 15 -3 and 90 -3 will require Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) 
in passenger vehicles and  trucks and special purpose vehicles with Gross Vehicle Mass 
(GVM) of 3.5 tons or less.  
Before this amendment, the AEBS requirement was applied only for buses and trucks and 
special purpose vehicles with GVM exceeding 3.5 tons. This requirement will be amended 
to be applied to passenger vehicles and trucks and special purpose vehicles with GVM of 
3.5 tons or less. Also, the performance requirement for AEBS will be newly established.  
B. Draft Article 19 and 32 will improve the payload markings and the sta ndards for goods -
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  The markings of the GVM and maximum payload of truck will be clarified; the specific 
gravity for dump truck and special purpose vehicle will be deleted so that manufacturers 
themselves can set the size of cargo box w ithin the permitted range.  
C. Draft Article 38 -4, 39, 40 -2 and 44 -2 will improve the standards for lamps.  
This amendment will clarify the number of reversing lamps and standards for end outline 
marker lamps installed on a vehicle, allow the installation of  side marker lamps for a 
vehicle of which width does not exceed 6 m, ease the observing angle of rear position 
lamps of a vehicle on which side marker lamp is installed, and permit the installation of 
additional direction indicator lamps.  
D. Draft Article 91, 91 -2, 91-3, 91-4, 102 and 102 -3 will harmonize with the international 
standards for fuel system and collision test.  
The standards for fuel system will be reorganized by categories of fuel; fuel system safety 
in the case of rollover will be newly insert ed; the collision standards for trucks with GVM 
of no more than 3.5 tons will be harmonized with international standards.  
E. Draft Table 5 -30 will form the basis for installing a service door on the left side of a 
bus with a seating capacity of 16 or more.  
This amendment will lay the foundation for installing a service door on the left side of 
buses with a seating capacity of 16 or more passengers in case it is deemed that the 
service door on the left side has proper preventive measures against malfunction and 
operate safely.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The reform is to resolve the problems found in the current system by 
requiring AEBS to be installed in passenger vehicles and trucks and special purp ose 
vehicles with GVM of 3.5 tons or less, including a provision for installing a service door on 
the left side of a bus with a seating capacity of 16 or more, clarifying the markings on the 
back of a truck which indicates GVM and maximum payload, improvin g the standards for 
luggage compartment, amending the provisions of lamps to prevent traffic accidents 
caused by confusing lamps, and harmonizing the fuel system and collision standards for 
light duty vehicles with international standards.; Protection of h uman health or safety; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
MOLIT Notice    No. 2022 -196 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2022 or later  
Proposed date of entry into force:  January 2023 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:   
Korea WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro Maengdong -myeon Eumseong -gun 
Chungchungbuk -do  
27737  
+(82) 43 870 5521  
+(82) 43 870 5682 (Fax)  
tbt@korea.kr  
http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/KOR/22_1738_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/KOR/22_1738_01_x.pdf