G/TBT/N/KOR/517  
 
26 August 2014  
(14-4896)  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 
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 : 
Motor Vehicles Management Division 
Tel.:  +(82)-44-201-3850 
Fax:  +(82)-44-201-5585 E-mail: guht@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 applic able, 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: Amendment of 
"Notification (Protocol) of KNCAP (Korean New Car Assessment Program)" (124 pages, in Korean) 
6. Description of content: 
a. Modification of Pedestrian Safety Assessment (table 6): Including active bonnet or 
pedestrian airbag systems to the pedestrian safety assessment as new technologies 
for pedestrian safety are being introduced; 
b. Weight increment of the mobile deformable barrier for side crash test (table 3): 
Increasing the weight (950kg to 1300kg) of the mobile deformable barrier for side 
crash test considering the fact that the mean of the unladen vehicle weight of 
domestic registered vehicles is 1460kg; 
c. Modification of the impact angle and veloci ty for Pole Side Impact Test (table 9): 
Changing impact angle (90° to 75°) and velocity (29km/h to 32km/h) for the pole 
side impact test to harmonize with new GTR ('13.11); 
d. Enhancement of Seat Belt Reminder Assessment (table 13): Regulating assessment 
rules and other specific test procedures related to front seat row as expanding the 
assessment scope from the front seat row to the rear seat row; 
e. Improvement of the overall rating scheme and the additional point guidelines for 
enhancing Safety Assist Systems (table 10): Improving the overall rating scheme 
considering the weight increment of the mobile deformable barrier for side crash test 
(2015), the introduction of female driver and child safety assessment (2017), etc. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Safety and harmonization  G/TBT/N/KOR/517 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  MOLIT Public Notice No.2014-1043 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   July 2015 or later 
Proposed date of entry into force:   July 2015 or later   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Motor Vehicles Management Division 
Office of Transport Policy & Logistics Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) 
Government Complex Sejong, A-Dong, 11 
Doum6-Ro Sejong-city Republic of Korea 
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