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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/56
19 April 1999
(99-1548)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable).
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Plants
and plant products / All of the world, especially Japan.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Revision of Enforcement Ordinance
and Regulation of Plant Protection Act.
5. Description of content:  The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is revising Enforcement
Ordinance and Regulation of Plant Protecti on Act in accordance with revised IPPC in
November 1997.  The contents are as follows:
1.  Establishment of new definitions"Regulated pest" – a quarantine pest and/or a regulated non-quarantine pest,"Non-quarantine pest" – a pest excluding "Reg ulated pest" and "Interim regulated pest",
"Regulated non-quarantine pest" – a non-quaran tine pest of which presence in plants for
planting affects the intended use of the plants causing an economically unacceptable impact
and therefore which shall be regulated,
"Interim regulated pest" – a pest which is firs tly detected in inspection procedure of imported
plants and plant products and/or which is being in the process of PRA and which is
provisionally treated as "Regulated pest",
2.  Revision of some import-prohibited plants and areas.Fresh vines, stems, leaves and fresh underground parts of Ipomoea spp ., Pharbitis
 spp.,
Calystegia spp . and Dioscorea  spp., and fresh underground parts of cassava shall not be
imported from Japan (only southern pa rts below 30 degrees north latitude)
- reason:  Cylas formicarius (Fabricius ), Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire )
Plants for planting (including nursery stocks, scions and cuttings etc.) of  Prunus spp.  and
Rubus spp.  shall not be imported from all of the world (excluding Japan and Taiwan)
- reason:  Plum pox virus, Erwinia amylovora (Burril) Winslowetal
Cedrus spp.  is newly included in the host plants of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner &
Buhrer) NickleG/SPS/N/KOR/56
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6. 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
7. An international standa rd, guideline or recommendati on does not exist [  ].
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  In general, the document is aligned with the
standards, guidelines or recommendations of IPPC.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Official Gazette of
the Government (Korean).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:   20 June 1999
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [  ] National notification authority,
[  ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:
Sustainable Agricultural Division, Mi nistry of Agriculture & Forestry
Joongang-dong, Kwachon-shi, Kyunggi-do, Republic of KoreaTel:  82-2-503-7284/5      Fax:   82-2-507-3963
12. Texts available from:  [  ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Bilateral Cooperation Division, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry
Joongang-dong, Kwachon-shi, Kyunggi-do, Republic of KoreaTel:  82-2-503-7296/7      Fax:   82-2-507-2095