. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/152 
27 February 2004 
 (04-0878) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   National Veterinary Research a nd Quarantine Service (NVRQS) of the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Animals and animal products designated for quarantine 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Quarantine 
Procedures and Standards for Designated Quarantine Articles (available in Korean, 167 pages) 
6. Description of content:  "Quarantine Procedures and Standards of Designated Quarantine 
Articles" (Draft) will be implemented by me rging the two following regulations already 
issued by the Director-General of the Nati onal Veterinary Research & Quarantine Services 
(NVRQS):  "Quarantine Procedures and Sta ndards of Designated Quarantine Articles for 
Import and Export" and "Guidance for Handling Animals Cohabited with Infected Animals 
During Quarantine Procedures". 
Newly added and revised provisions are as follows: Newly added provisions
 
• Quarantine procedures for animal and/or livestock products hand-carried into Korea by 
persons who travelled overseas, and penalty provisions for failure to make declaration 
to animal quarantine authority 
• Quarantine procedures for imported straw and forage  
• Quarantine procedures for designated quarantine articles imported through mail 
• Procedures for designation of vehicles for transporting quarantine articles  
• Procedures for disposal of quarantine article s found to be in violation of the Act for 
Prevention of Livestock Epidemics 
 Revised provisions
 
• Detailed classification of quarantine articl es exempted from submission of quarantine   
certificate 
• Quarantine procedures and standards for qua rantine articles for the purpose of research 
and vaccine manufacturing  
• Quarantine procedures for animals subject to reduction or adjustment of quarantine 
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 • Import/export quarantine procedures fo r dogs, cats, day-old chicks, etc. 
• Quarantine procedures for imported animal products, including cargo manifest check, 
transportation of quarantine articles, epidemiological survey, laboratory test, etc. 
Details will be posted on the internet homepage of NVRQS(www.nvrqs.go.kr) 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  NVRQS Public 
Notice No. 2004-1, (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   The effective date will be given upon publication of the 
final rule 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty days after the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Quarantine & Inspection Division, National Ve terinary Research and Quarantine Service, 
Tel:  (+82) 31 467 1937, Fax:   (+82) 31 467 1717, E-mail:  john@nvrqs.go.kr  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: