G/TBT/N/KOR/658  
 
7 July 2016  
(16-3640)  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 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 : 
Railway Operation Safety Division, Railway Bureau  
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) 
#11, Doum-ro 6, Sejong Special Self-governing City Republic of Korea Tel: (+82) 44-201-4608  
Fax: (+82) 44-201-5672  
E-mail: acelkj@korea.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): Railroad constituents 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Enactment of the 
technical regulations for the railroad constituents (89 pages, in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  
 Background on the technical regulations for railroad constituents:  
 Regarding railroad constituents notified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure 
and Transport (MOLIT), manufacturer (o r his representative) shall get type 
approval from MOLIT for the newly-designed railroad constituents or remarkably 
modified constituents. Also, manufacturer shall obtain manufacturer approval 
from MOLIT to enter into mass production for the type approved constituents (Railroad Safety ACT, Article 27 and 27-2).  
 Type approval is granted to the design for notified constituents that meet 
technical and safety requirements in the technical regulations.  
 Manufacturer approval is production approval for the type approved 
constituents that manufacturer can meet quality management requirements in the technical regulations.  
 MOLIT plans to enact technical regulations for the examination of type approval 
and manufacturer approval of 10 notified constituents. 
 Technical regulations for railroad constituents: 
 The technical regulations consist of generals (part 1), applications (Part 2), 3 
notified vehicle constituents (Part 3), 3 notified track constituents (Part 4), 3 notified wayside signalling & communication constituents (Part 5), electric 
railroad electric power (Part 6) and manufacturer approval regulation (Part 7). G/TBT/N/KOR/658 
 
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  The generals (Part 1) contain definition of  terms, list of 10 notified constituent 
and their numbering, and marking of type approval.  
The applications (Part 2) provide an applicant's qualifications, assessment 
criteria, certification documents and calibration report for type approval and 
manufacturer approval.  
The technical regulations for 10 notified railroad constituents prescribe 
conformity assessment, and design requirements which include general 
requirements, materials, strength, test, interface with other constituents, 
maintainability, and etc. Part 3 : wheel, axle, coupler. 
Part 4 : rail, glued insulated rail, pre-stressed concrete sleeper Part 5 : electronic interlocking system, AF (audio frequency) track-circuit, 
automatic block system 
Part 6 : contact wire 
The technical regulation for manufacturer approval (Part 7) stipulates quality 
management requirements that manufacturer shall establish for mass production 
of type approved constituents, which includes quality management system, 
responsibility for quality control & manufacturing execution, production & quality preservation, and maintenance of quality management system. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Enhancement of railroad safety  
8. Relevant documents: MOLIT Notice No. 2016-939 (29 June 2016) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined   
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:  
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 93, Isu-ro, Maengdong-myeon, Eumseong-gun 
Chungcheongbuk-do, 27737, Republic of Korea 
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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