G/TBT/N/KOR/738  
 
21 November 2017  
(17-6358) 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: Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
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:   
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 -201-3853 
Fax: (+82) 44 -201-5585 
E-mail: kop511@korea.kr   
Website: http://www.molit.go.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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 Performances Regulations for Motor Vehicles and Parts (151 page(s), in 
Korean)   
6. Description of content: The following amendments will be made:  
Expansion of installation target on LDWS and AEBS (Article 14 -2 and Article 15 -3): 
Expanding installati on target to all passenger vehicles with 11 or more people and all 
commercial vehicles above 3.5 ton in gross vehicle weight (GVW) on Lane Departure 
Warning System (LDWS) and Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS), which are the 
advanced safety devices f or motor vehicles.  
Harmonization of the Korean Safety and Performance Regulations with UN Regulations 
(Article  38, Article 38 -3, Article 39 -2, Article 40 -3, Article 47~49, Article 53 -2, 
Article  53-3, Article 75~80, Article 82, Table 5 -17~5 -23, Table 5 -32~5 -36, Table 6 -3~6-
18, Table 6 -21~6 -28, Table 6 -30~6 -32, Table 16): Improving safety standards on the 
vehicle lighting and light signalling system (UN Regulation No. 4, 6, 7, 19, 23, 37, 38, 48, 
53, 73, 77, 87, 91, 98, 99, 112, 119, 123, and 128) and the sea t belt (UN Regulation 
No. 16). 
Expansion of installation target on the backward safety device for pedestrians 
(Article  53-2): Expanding installation target from heavy -duty commercial vehicles etc. to 
all vehicles on the backward safety device for pedestria ns in order to avoid pedestrian 
accidents.  G/TBT/N/KOR/738  
 
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  Introduction of the regulation on AVAS for quiet road transport vehicles (Article 1 
Paragraph 64, Article 53 -3, Table 6 -33): Introducing a new regulation on Acoustic Vehicle 
Alerting System (AVAS) for quiet road t ransport vehicles such as electric vehicles, hybrid 
electric vehicles, and fuel cell electric vehicles in order to avoid pedestrian accidents.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Improving and updating current systems by introducing new safety 
regulations to prevent serious traffic accidents and harmonizing domestic motor vehicles 
safety and performance regulations with UN Regulations by the expansion of mandatory 
installation target for advanced safety devices such as AEBS and LDWS, the application of 
update items for the lighting and light signalling system and the seat belts of motor 
vehicles, etc.  
8. Relevant documents:  MOLIT Notice No. 2017 -1451  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2018 or later  
Proposed date of entry into force:  February 2018 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@kats.go.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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