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South KoreaProposed measure, not in force yet

Road vehicles, Road vehicles and their parts

Official title

Revision of the Rules on the Performance and Standards for Motor Vehicles and their Parts

South Korea notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 13 August 2026. The comment period closed on 12 October 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Motor Vehicles

Notifying member
South Korea(Korea, Republic of)
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Other
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/KOR/1375
ICS classification
  • 43 ROAD VEHICLES ENGINEERING
  • 43.040.20 Lighting, signalling and warning devices

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 12 October 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
○ all articles and annexes: To be enforced immediately upon promulgation(New type vehicles) ○ all articles and annexes: on the way two years have passed since the date of promulgation (Vehicles of a t

How to comment

The comment period closed on 12 October 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/KOR/1375; it can take them up with South Korea.

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What the notification says

This aims to ensure an internationally recognized level of safety for lighting devices in Korea by harmonizing the domestic vehicle safety regulations for lighting devices with the restructured and revised international regulatory framework and amendments (01 series of UN Regulation No.148, 149, and 150, and 08 series of the relevant UN Regulation No.48) reflecting advances in lighting technology a. Amendment to allow projection functions for reversing lamps (Draft Annex 6-10) b. Amendment to the terminology change and installation requirements for adaptive driving beams and to permit driver assistant projection functions related to adaptive driving beams (Draft Article 38 paragraph 3, Annex 6-5) c. Amendment to the installation and photometric requirements for road illumination devices including main-beam headlamps, dipped-beam headlamps, adaptive driving beams, front fog lamps, and cornering lamps (Draft Annex 6-3, Annex 6-4, Annex 6-5, Annex 6-6, Annex 6-9) d. Amendment to clarify the luminous intensity requirements for light-signaling devices including daytime running lamps, front position lamps, end-outline marker lamps, rear position lamps, stop lamps, direction-indicator lamps, side marker lamps, parking lamps and to harmonize their notation with international vehicle safety regulations (Draft annex 6-8, Annex 6-11, Annex 6-12, Annex 6-14, Annex 6-15, Annex 6-16, Annex 6-17, Annex 6-18, Annex 6-32) e. Amendment to clarify the type and installation requirements for…

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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