G/TBT/N/KOR/509  
 
16 July 2014  
(14-4088)  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:  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: Notification on 
Energy Consumption Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fuel Economy, etc. of Motor Vehicles (91 pages, in Korean) 
6. Description of content: The following amendments will be made:  
All tasks related to the post-compliance te st of fuel economy will be streamlined 
into one channel-the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tr ansport (Articles 10-
15 of the Notification draft)  
- So far, post-compliance test of fuel econ omy has been overseen by two ministries-the 
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transpor t and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and 
Energy. However, all tasks related to fuel ec onomy's post-compliance test will be handled 
solely by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. 
Improvement of fuel economy measuremen t and calculation methods (Articles 3-
7 of the Notification draft)  
- Confirmation of the post-compliance test motor vehicle numbers (initially one vehicle, and when inconsistencies are found, three vehicles), unification of tolerance (-5%) and 
decision making criteria (if the error exceeds the tolerance of -5% at either urban or high 
speed modes, decisions of inconsistency will be issued), expansion of the target range to cover all vehicles, application of fuel characteristics (decrease of carbon contents) being sold on the market to fuel consumption calculating methods, etc. 
Improvement of credibility and consistency of testing facilities (Article 8 of the 
Notification draft)  
- In order to improve the credibility of testing institutions, authorization from the Korea 
Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS) will be needed, and to minimize the deviation of 
measured values, annual testing will be conducted to maintain correlation between testing facilities. G/TBT/N/KOR/509 
 
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  Introduction of a one-stop report system  (Article 9 of the Notification draft)  
- So far, the fuel economy (greenhouse gas) in formation has been reported to each of the 
three different ministries separately by au tomakers. However, this information will 
henceforward have to be reported through a common portal website, and the three 
ministries will jointly make use of the reported contents. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Notifications on the separately managed and operated testing methods, etc. of fuel economy (greenhouse gas) of motor vehicles by three government ministries (the Ministry 
of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; Ministry  of Trade, Industry and Energy; and Ministry 
of Environment) will now be jointly issued so as to eliminate any redundant regulations and to prevent consumer confusion. 
8. Relevant documents:  It will be notified as a document MOLIT notification 2014-924: 
"Notification on Energy Consumption Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fuel Economy, etc. of Motor Vehicles." 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   The end of October 2014 (tentative) 
Proposed date of entry into force:   The end of October 2014 (tentative) 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] 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) 
11, Doum6-Ro Sejong-city Republic of Korea 339-012 
Tel.:  +(82)-44-201-3853 
Fax:  +(82)-44-201-5585 E-mail:  guht@korea.kr  
Homepage:  http://www.molit.go.kr  
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