G/TBT/N/KOR/475  
 
28 February 2014  
(14-1238)  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)-44-201-3853 
Fax :  +(82)-44-201-5585 E-mail :  kjung527@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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable):  Motor 
Vehicles and Motor Vehicle parts 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
amendment of "Regulations on the Self-certification of Motor Vehicles and Parts" (4 pages, 
in Korean). 
6. Description of content:  The following amendments will be made in Regulations on the 
Self-certification of Motor Vehicles and Parts: 
1. The enforcement shall be made in a manner that is well-planned when it comes to 
inducing effective assessment test plan s, considering correlations between 
different test stages (prior tests, following tests) of motor vehicle self-certification 
conformity assessments (Article 7-3 of the draft); 
2. Automakers shall disclose the price of auto parts used at all its vehicles on the 
market by minimum units (partials, assemblies, etc.) (Article 10-2 of the draft); 
3. The size of the auto parts' self-certification mark has been adjusted to be more 
realistic (from 1.5mm to 5mm) and when th e self-certification mark cannot be put 
on the surface of an auto part, it will be allowed for an automaker to put the 
markings on the package (Paragraph 3 of Table 12); 
4. Enforcement (supplementary provision): sh all be started from the day in which it 
is promulgated; 
5. The amendment of Article 10-2, which is about price disclosure of auto parts, will 
start to be enforced three months after the promulgation of the amendment, 
considering a preparatory period needed for automakers. G/TBT/N/KOR/475 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
1 To establish and implement more effective conformity assessment test plans when 
it comes to motor vehicle self-certifications by analyzing the correlation and 
connectivity between each test; 
2. To improve the way a self-certification mark is put on auto parts and to set 
appropriate price disclosure methods of th e parts, considering a consumer's right 
to have access to information. 
8. Relevant documents:   It will be notified as a document 'MOLIT Notification 2014-142'’   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    1 July 2014 (tentative) 1 July 2014 (tentative) 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
WTO TBT Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
98 Gyoyukwon-ro Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do Rep. of  Korea 427-716 Tel.:  (+82) 2 509 7258/7259 
Fax:  (+82) 2 507 1924 
E-mail:  tbt@kats.go.kr  
Website:  http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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