G/TBT/N/KOR/1075  
31 May 2022  
(22-4107) 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 6 -ro, Sejong -si, 30103  
Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 44 -201-3849 
Fax: (+82) 44 -201-5585 
E-mail: artisan132@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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
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 
"Rules on the Perf ormance and Standards for Motor Vehicles and their Parts"; (61 page(s), 
in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The following amendments will be made:  
These amendments will be applied to new type vehicles only.  
A. Harmonizing with the UN R157 for performance requirements of Automated Lane 
Keeping Systems(ALKS) (Draft Table 27 Paragraph 1 related to Article 111 -3) 
1) Improving of the requirements of dedicated means of activation and deactivation of 
system for ALKS (Draft Table 27 paragraph 1, Item 1 ) 
2) The requirements of the control and detection of other road users and environmental 
conditions under the DDT(Dynamic Driving Task) (Draft Table 27 Paragraph 1, Item 2)  
3) Amending of indication method for the minimum following distance (Draft  Table 27  
Paragraph 1, Item 2)  
4) Strengthening requirements of forward, lateral detection range and minimum forward 
detection distance of ALKS (Draft Table 27 Paragraph 1, Item 3)  G/TBT/N/KOR/1075  
 
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  5) Improving the requirements of initiation timing of transition demand to driver (D raft 
Table 27 Paragraph 1, Item 4)  
6) Strengthening the requirements of information to the driver (Human -Machine -
Interface) (Draft Table 27 Paragraph 1, Item 5)  
7) Amending the requirements of Minimum Risk Manoeuvre (Draft Table 27 Paragraph 1, 
Item 6)  
8) Clarifying the requirements of Emergency Manoeuvre (Draft Table 27 Paragraph 1, 
Item 7)  
B. Harmonizing with the UN R157 for Driver Availability Recognition System of Automated 
Lane Keeping Systems(ALKS) (Draft Table 27 Paragraph 2 related to Article 111 -3) 
1) Simplifying the requirements of criteria for deeming driver availability (Draft Table 27 
Paragraph 2, Item 3)  
2) Introducing the detection requirements of driver availability (Draft Table 27 Paragraph 
2, Item 4)  
C. Improving the current text of Article 111 -3 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This amendment updates the Automated Driving System(ADS) requirements 
of KMVSS which were introduced in 2019 for supporting the commercialization for 
Autom ated vehicles (Level 3) in line with international regulation (UN R157 and its 
supplement 1) in March 2021.  
This amendment may also generate benefits that could lead to reductions in development 
burden in manufacturer respectively complying with domestic a nd international 
standards, increased safety of ADS in an equal level of international regulation, and timely 
support and facilitate the commercialization for the Automated Vehicles and relevant 
industries; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facili tating trade  
8. Relevant documents:  MOLIT Notice No. 2022 -670 (26 May 2022)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2022 or later  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Two months after final adoption, for only new type 
vehicle  
10. Final date for comments:  45 days from notification; This amendment has already 
finished public hearing from domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers  
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 
Tel: +(82) 43 870 5521  
Fax: +(82) 43 870 5682  
Email: tbt@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/KOR/22_3749_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/KOR/22_3749_01_x.pdf