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History of establishment

History of establishment

NALTEC was established through the integration of two Independent Administrative Agencies, the National Agency of Vehicle Inspection and the National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory. Its objectives are to secure a safe and environmentally friendly transport-system through the generation of synergy from comprehensive measures from the design process and new vehicles to the usage process based on the Act to Partially Revise the Road Transport Vehicle Act and Act on the National Agency of Vehicle Inspection, Independent Administrative Agency(Act No.44 promulgated June 24,2015).At the same time, the confirmation vehicle registration check related to the compliance examinations of vehicle registration regulations performed by the government were transferred to NALTEC.

History

April, 1950 The Transportation Technical Research Institute was established as a general technical research organization of the Ministry of Transport.
April, 1963 The Transportation Technical Research Institute was reorganized as the Ship Research Institute.
July, 1970 Traffic safety and Nuisance Research Institute was established by way of separation from the Ship Research Institute.
January, 2001 Due to realignment of central government agencies, the Traffic Safety and Nuisance Research Institute was placed under the control of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
April, 2001 Inaugurated as the National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory (NTSEL) an Independent Administrative Institute.
July, 2002 Establishment of the National Agency of Vehicle Inspection.
April, 2016 Establishment of the National Agency for Automobile and Land Transport Technology.(NALTEC)
Transfer vehicle registration confirmation check to the conformity assessment of the registration regulation that Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is carried out to the NALTEC.