diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
index 125f703d12b8d64936497fd7f9b7e1f25aeae62a..83d954894e37d7dc4f7d226b21d723788841946c 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 #include <cassert>
 
 //########### place macros to be removed in next cycle below this line ###############
+#define JVET_R0205                                        1 // JVET-R0205: Condition presence of inter_layer_ref_pics_present_flag on sps_video_parameter_set_id 
+
 #define JVET_R0186_CLEANUP                                1 // JVET-R0186 aspect 1: Signal the pps_no_pic_partition_flag ahead in the PPS.
 
 #define JVET_R0330_CRS_CLIP_REM                           1 // JVET-R0330: Remove redundant clipping in chroma residual scaling factor derivation
diff --git a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
index a9c95871e9367ff76b1b2f81455a67bf510444ed..cec47cd5fe20d2d8c87c8a0c6655144668b533ed 100644
--- a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
@@ -1493,7 +1493,18 @@ void HLSyntaxReader::parseSPS(SPS* pcSPS)
   }
 
   READ_FLAG(uiCode, "long_term_ref_pics_flag");          pcSPS->setLongTermRefsPresent(uiCode);
+#if JVET_R0205
+  if (pcSPS->getVPSId() > 0)
+  {
+    READ_FLAG( uiCode, "sps_inter_layer_ref_pics_present_flag" );  pcSPS->setInterLayerPresentFlag( uiCode );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    pcSPS->setInterLayerPresentFlag(0);
+  }
+#else
   READ_FLAG( uiCode, "inter_layer_ref_pics_present_flag" );  pcSPS->setInterLayerPresentFlag( uiCode );
+#endif
   READ_FLAG( uiCode, "sps_idr_rpl_present_flag" );       pcSPS->setIDRRefParamListPresent( (bool) uiCode );
   READ_FLAG(uiCode, "rpl1_copy_from_rpl0_flag");
   pcSPS->setRPL1CopyFromRPL0Flag(uiCode);
diff --git a/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp b/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp
index 01adefa88fa972dc577bfdea0d4941cd1f5c6523..ca60bb5ab0dd550397d41a67a92dc00652f72ddc 100644
--- a/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp
@@ -912,7 +912,14 @@ void HLSWriter::codeSPS( const SPS* pcSPS )
   }
   CHECK( pcSPS->getMaxCUWidth() != pcSPS->getMaxCUHeight(),                          "Rectangular CTUs not supported" );
   WRITE_FLAG(pcSPS->getLongTermRefsPresent() ? 1 : 0, "long_term_ref_pics_flag");
+#if JVET_R0205
+  if( pcSPS->getVPSId() > 0 )
+  {
+    WRITE_FLAG( pcSPS->getInterLayerPresentFlag() ? 1 : 0, "sps_inter_layer_ref_pics_present_flag" );
+  }
+#else
   WRITE_FLAG( pcSPS->getInterLayerPresentFlag() ? 1 : 0, "inter_layer_ref_pics_present_flag" );
+#endif
   WRITE_FLAG(pcSPS->getIDRRefParamListPresent() ? 1 : 0, "sps_idr_rpl_present_flag" );
   WRITE_FLAG(pcSPS->getRPL1CopyFromRPL0Flag() ? 1 : 0, "rpl1_copy_from_rpl0_flag");