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Notifying Member: Republic of Korea

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)

Name and address (including telephone 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

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Railroad constituents

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Enactment of the technical regulations for the railroad constituents (89 pages, in Korean)

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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 (or 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).

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.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Enhancement of railroad safety

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Relevant documents: MOLIT Notice No. 2016-939 (29 June 2016)

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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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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