G/TBT/N/KOR/710  
 
11 April 2017  
(17-1961) 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 :  
Advanced Motor Vehicles Division, Bureau of Motor Vehicles Management  
11 Doum -ro 6 Sejong -si, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 44 -201-3852 
Fax: (+82) 44 -201-5585 
E-mail: krlee1118@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 .  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Revision of Korean 
Safety and Performance Regulations for Motor Vehicles and Parts (64 pages, in Korean)   
6. Description of content:   
 Expans ion of installation target on electronic stability control system (Article 15 -2, 
Table 7 -7): Expanding installation target from passenger vehicles and small 
vehicles to all vehicles on Electronic Stability Control (ESC) system, which is to 
make stability a utomatically in driving motor vehicles  
 Harmonization of the KMVSS with UN Regulations (A rticle 24 -25, Article 27, 
Table  1, Table 5 -24, Table 5 -28): Improving safety standards on driver 's and 
passenger 's seat  (UN Regulation No. 107), tyre safety(UN Regulati on No. 117, seat 
belt reminder system  (UN Regulation No. 16), and pedestrian safety 
(UN Regulation No. 127, Flex -PLI) 
 Mandatory installation and standard of emergency exit (Table 5 -31): Introduction 
of the emergency exit on the automobile for more than 16 passengers in order to 
facilitate emergency evacuation of the occupants such as the fire on motor 
vehicles, and additional installation standard is available to be applied selectively. 
(UN Regulation No. 107)  
 Safety requirements on child transport vehicles  (Article 54, Article 58 and 
Article  94): The installation of the maximum speed limit device for 9 passengers 
vehicles to secure child traffic, adjustment of visible light transmittance by more 
than 70% for preventing from leaving a child inside the vehicl es, and adjustment 
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  7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Improving and updating current systems by introducing new safety standards to cover the 
expanded sc ope of parts and components subject to self -certification, and harmonizing 
domestic motor vehicles safety standards with UN Regulations by the mandatory 
installation of emergency exit for more than 16 passengers vehicles, the expansion of 
installation targ et for seat belt reminder system and ESC, the exemption of the 
requirement on seat width and space for passenger 's vehicles, etc.  
8. Relevant documents:  MOLIT Notice No. 2017 -574 (April 7, 2017)   
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2017 or later   
Proposed  date of entry into force: June 2017 or later   
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, 369 -811 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr   
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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