Gyeonggi-do Proposes Adding Certification Alternative Parts Codes to Vehicle Maintenance Estimates and More

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has requested the government to promptly process related amendments that add certified alternative parts codes to automobile inspection and maintenance estimates and specifications, enabling maintenance businesses and consumers to recognize certified alternative parts like used or imported parts.

On the 13th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it proposed the "Amendment to the Enforcement Rules of the Automobile Management Act" containing this content to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The current forms of automobile inspection and maintenance estimates and specifications issued by automobile maintenance businesses do not include certified alternative parts codes, unlike new parts, used parts, remanufactured parts, or imported parts.

Because of this, maintenance shops cannot indicate the use of such parts on estimates, and consumers cannot verify through the estimates whether repairs were made using certified alternative parts.

The province expects that adding certified alternative parts codes to estimates through the amendment of enforcement rules will help activate automobile certified alternative parts.

Last November, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced a legislative notice for the amendment to the enforcement rules of the Automobile Management Act, which included adding certified alternative parts codes in the parts classification section of automobile inspection and maintenance estimates and specifications, but it has not been implemented even after eight months.

Kim Ji-ye, Director of the Gyeonggi Province Fair Trade Bureau, emphasized, "We will do our best to guarantee consumers' right to choose parts by promoting various support projects to activate automobile certified alternative parts," adding, "If the enforcement rules are promptly amended, the institutional foundation for activating certified alternative parts will be strengthened, so the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport should actively review this."

This proposal follows the automobile certified alternative parts activation business agreement signed last month by Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung and Jeollabuk-do Governor Song Ha-jin.

Automobile certified alternative parts produced by small and medium-sized automobile parts companies are parts certified by institutions designated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as having quality and safety at the same level as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts ordered and produced by finished car companies.

They are new products different from used or reused parts. Their price is 35-40% cheaper compared to OEM parts.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.