G/AG/N/KOR/83  
 
26 April 2021 
(21-3505) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 6 April  2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
the Republic of  Korea . The notification concerns new or modified domestic support measures 
exempt from reduction ( Table DS:2). 
 
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  Table  DS:2   
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: REPUBLIC  OF KOREA  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
 
(1)  FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
R&D Project to develop technology to manage foreign organisms threatening biodiversity . 
(2)  DOMESTIC LEGISLATION REFERENCE:  
Article 27 of the Act on the Conservation and Use of Biological Diversity, Article 6 of the Act on the 
Promotion of Science and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Forestry, and Article 2 -2 of the 
Management Regulation of Plant Quarantine Technology Development Project   
(3)  DETAILED  DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA:  
Annex 2.2 (a) Research  
This research project is designed to safeguard indigenous biological resources and secure the 
biosafety and security of the ecosystem by developing technology to systematically man age foreign 
organisms threatening biodiversity.  
This project is to prevent entry of the entire foreign organisms which are already introduced in the 
Republic of Korea and to pre -empt the introduction of new foreign organisms while developing 
technology to manage foreign organisms in all cycles including surveillance, risk assessment and 
eradication. Morphological and molecular biological distinction technology for foreign organisms 
which are not introduced in the Republic of Korea yet, is developed in order  to pre -empt their 
introduction.  
Expected results of developing technology to manage foreign organisms are as follows:  
1. increasing efficiency of managing biodiversity by expanding foreign organisms subject to 
surveillance and  
2. reducing loss of biodiversity.  
(4)  COST OF MEASURE:  
KRW 1,800 million (2017, 2018), KRW 1,200 million (2019, 2020).  
(5)  DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
1 January 2017 (the effective date of the project).  
(6)  PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
2017~2020 . 
(7)  PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
None. G/AG/N/KOR/83  
 
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
 
(1)  FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
Building Infrastructure for Smart Horticultural Complex . 
(2)  DOMESTIC LEG ISLATION REFERENCE:  
Subparagraph 5 of Article 2 and Article 10 of the Agricultural and Fishing Villages Improvement 
Act. 
(3)  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA:  
Annex 2.2 (g) Infrastructural services  
In the Republic of Korea, gree nhouse horticultural farms are small -sized with old and small 
horticultural facilities, leading to low management efficiency. Also, some greenhouse complexes are 
outdated with weak agricultural infrastructure, making them vulnerable to natural disasters an d 
environmental pollution. As a result, the Korean government began this project in 2017 in order to 
improve weak agricultural substructure.    
Through this project, infrastructure will be established and renovation will be supported for ten 
horticultural c omplexes from 2017 to 2025. To be specific, infrastructure including roads, irrigation 
and drainage canals, electricity, soil preparation and wastewater treatment facilities will be in place 
while the infrastructure of old greenhouse complexes which are vu lnerable to natural disasters and 
environmental pollution will be repaired or renovated, thereby enhancing the fundamental 
environment.   
(4)  COST OF MEASURE:  
KRW 10 billion  (2017 -2019), KRW 4 billion (2020).  
(5)  DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
1 January 2017 (the effective date of the project).  
(6)  PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
2017-2025 
(7)  PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
None.  
 
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