South Korea - Revision of the Rules on the Performance and Standards for Motor Vehicles and Their Parts

​South Korea Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announces revision of the Rules on the Performance and Standards for Motor Vehicles and their Parts.

The existing the Rules on the Performance and Standards for Motor Vehicles and their Parts will be abolished.

A. Give exemption from applying the maximum slope angle of vehicle rollover to the special purpose vehicles that has special structures or equipment for certain tasks, such as testing bridges, moving furniture, and distinguishing fire (Article 8).

B. Specify that the detailed regulations of TPMS and LDWS shall be announced by the

Minister of MOLIT (Article 88-3, 89-2, Annex 6, Annex 6-29).

C. Allow emergency light to be lighted on consecutively as well as the current simultaneous flickering of turn signals (Annex 6-19).

D. Allow to equally apply the larger value between ± 100kg and ± 3% to mid-sized vehicles and large sized vehicles for the specification tolerance for vehicle weight (Annex 33).

Proposed date of adoption: December 31, 2023

Proposed date of entry into force: December 31, 2023