G/SPS/N/KOR/725  
 
30 June 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry for 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Host and associated plants of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) disease  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, 
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, 
Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, 
United  Kingdom, United States of America, Viet Nam  
5. Title of the notified document:  Phytosanitary Measures of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) 
Disease . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/KOR/21_4414_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affair (MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea will revise the 
phytosanitary measures of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) disease which is based on the result 
of Pest Risk Analysis (add ition and deletion of areas and plants related with SOD).  
This measure is applied to any propagative materials except seeds (such as nursery stocks 
including root stocks, cuttings and scions), bark, and woods (including logs) with bark of 
host and/or assoc iated plants from the prohibited and regulated areas. (Please refer to 
attachment.)  
* The SOD related measure has been notified through the SPS notification of emergency measures 
(G/SPS/N/KOR/98).  
APQA would like to provide comment period for the comprehen sive table with a new 
regulated article (bark) and the areas.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/KOR/725  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM 1, 
ISPM 8, ISPM 11 and ISPM 20  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation confo rm to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 August 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs /MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si, 30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 44) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(82 44) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs /MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si, 30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 44) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(82 44) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr