G/TBT/N/KOR/625  
 
2 February 2016  
(16-0695)  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: Railway Safety Policy Division of the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of 
Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 : 
International Cooperation Office - the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 
(MOLIT) #11, Doum-ro 6, Sejong Special Self-governing City 339-012 Republic of Korea 
Tel: (+82) 44-201-4608 
Fax: (+82) 44-201-5671 Email: acelkj@korea.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Railway vehicles 
operated in the Republic of Korea 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Additional 
enactment and amendment of the technical regulations of the railway vehicles (7 pages, in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  
 Background and progress on the technical regulations of the railway vehicles 
 Manufacturer (or his representative) shall ge t type approval from the Ministry of 
Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) for the newly-designed railway vehicles or significantly modified vehicles. Also, manufacturer approval and train 
set inspection certificate are necessary for the operation in Korea (Railway 
Safety ACT, Article 26, 26-3, and 26-6). 
 In 2014, MOLIT has enacted the technica l regulations for the type approval, 
manufacturer approval, and train set inspection of following railway; high 
speed rail (electric locomotives and coaches type), conventional rail, and urban trains (EMU DC type only) 
 Additional enactment and amendment on the technical regulations 
 The MOLIT plans to enact additionally the technical regulations for high speed 
rail vehicle (EMU: electric multiple unit ), conventional rail vehicle (passenger 
coach and freight wagon), urban trains operated by only AC (alternative current) 
or AC/DC combined electric power, and light rail vehicle (including tram). 
 According to additional enactment stated above, railway vehicle classification, G/TBT/N/KOR/625 
 
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  definition of terms, and references will be amended in Part 1 (General of the 
technical regulation). 
 The additional technical regulations will contain the essential requirements and 
the rolling stock subsystem requirements equivalent to the existing technical 
regulations enacted in 2014, which will be available for type examination, and product verification for series manufactured vehicles. 
 The essential requirements in the technical regulation provide safety 
requirements (rolling stock gauge, dynamic safety, collision safety, fire safety, electrical safety, risk analysis, and railway software), performances, 
interfaces with infrastructure, operation and maintenance, and operational 
limits (reliability and availability, health, acoustic noise, rescue operation, and aerodynamic characteristics). 
 The rolling stock subsystem requirements prescribe on the design and 
structural requirements for car body and interior devices, bogie, brake, 
propulsion, auxiliary power unit, on-board signalling, train control and monitoring device, as well as coupling  device. Also, testing procedures for 
components, parts, assembled vehicles, and running test are provided. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Enhancement of railway safety  
8. Relevant documents: MOLIT Notice (13 January 2016 / 2016-41) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 31 March 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 31 March 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
WTO TBT Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
93 Isu-ro, Maengdong-myeon, Eumseong-gun 
Chuncheongbuk-do, Rep. of Korea, 27737 Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525/5526  Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682 
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