G/TBT/N/KOR/718  
 
9 June 2017  
(17-3089) 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, Infrastr ucture 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 different from above :  
Railway Traffic Safety Policy Division,  
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 [  ], 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):  Railway vehicl es to be 
operated In Korea  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Technical 
Specifications for Manufacturer Approval of "Additional enactment and amendment of the 
technical regulations of the railway vehicles" (26 page(s), in Korean)   
6. Description of content:   
[Background and progress on the technical regulations of the railway vehicles]  
 Manufacturer (or his representative) shall get 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 produced vehicle 
inspection certificate are necessary for the operation in Korea (Railway Safety ACT, 
Article 26, 26 -3, and 26 -6). 
 The MOLIT has enacted the techn ical regulations for type approval, manufacturer 
approval, and completion inspection of the rolling stocks;   
- high speed rail (electric locomotives and coaches type), conventional rail, and 
urban rail (EMU operated in DC power only) in 2014.   
- quality ma nagement system for mass production of rolling stocks approved by 
MOLIT in 2014.   
- high speed rail (EMU type), conventional rail (passenger coach and freight wagon), 
urban rail (EMU operated in AC or AC/DC power), and light rail (tram) in 2016.   
* EMU: el ectric multiple unit, * .DC: direct current , *.AC: alternative current .  G/TBT/N/KOR/718  
 
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  [Additional enactment and amendment on the technical regulations]  
 The MOLIT plans to enact additionally the technical regulations for rolling stocks of 
conventional rail (electric or d iesel locomotive, EMU, and DMU type) and light rail 
(including tram), and to amend the quality management system for manufacturer 
approval of rolling stocks.   
* DMU: diesel multiple unit, * LIM: linear induction motor . 
 The additional technical regulations will contain the essential requirements and the 
rolling stock subsystem requirements equivalent to the existing technical regulations 
enacted in 2014 and 2016, which will be available for type examination, and 
inspection for series manufactured vehicles.   
- The essential requirements in the technical regulations provide safety requirements 
(rolling stock gauge, running safety, collision safety, fire safety, electrical safety, risk 
analysis, and software in rolling stocks), 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 signaling, train control and monitoring device, as well as 
coupling device.   
- Also, testing procedures for components, parts, assembled vehicles, and runni ng 
test are provided.  
 The software management requirements, used in the rolling stocks, are added newly 
in the quality management system for manufacturer approval prescribed in 2014. 
The definitions of product verification and factory inspection are also a mended 
according to the Railway Safety ACT and its decrees.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Enhancement of railway safety  
8. Relevant documents:  MOLIT Notice No. 2017 -899 (June 2nd, 2017)  
9. Proposed  date of adoption: 10 August 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 10 August 2017  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, 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, Republic of Korea, 
27737  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525  
Fax: (+82 ) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr   
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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