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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/75
18 October 2000
(00-4309)
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:  Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Pesticides
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Amendment of Food Code
(26 pages)
5. Description of content:
Establishment of the pesticides Maximum Residue Limits in apple, barley, cabbage, Korean
cabbage, Chwinamul, Chamnamul, Chicory (endive) leaves, citron, Garland
chrysanthemum, cucumber, Job's tears, jujube, garlic, grapes, ginseng (dried), kiwifruit,
Korean melon, leek, lettuce, maize, mandari n, melon, onion, peach, peanut, pear, pine nut,
red pepper, red pepper leaves, Perilla leaves persimmon, plum, potato, rice, sesame,
strawberry, tea, tomato, watermelon and Welsh onion for following pesticides.
- Acetamiprid, amitraz, azoxystrobin, bensultap, bifenthrin, bitertanol, buprofezin,
cadusafos, carbendazim, carpropamide, cartap, chlorfenapyr, chlorfluazuron, cyhalothrin,
cymoxanil, cypermethrin, cyproconazole, cyprodinil, deltamethrin, diafenthiuron,
diethofencarb, difenoconazole, dimethomorph, dimethylvinphos, dithianon, ethofenprox,
fenarimol, fenbuconazole, fenitrothion, fenoxycarb, fenpropathrin, fenpyroximate,fenvalerate, fluazinam, fludioxonil, flufe noxuron, fosthiazate, hexaconazole, hexythazox,
imidacloprid, kresoxim-methyl, mepanipyri m, methidathion, pencycuron, procymidone,
pymethozine, pyriproxyfen, tebuconazole, tebufenozide, tebufenpyrad, tolclofos-methyl,
tolylfluanid, triflumizole and tricyclazole
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  There are a few Codex MRLs (CXLs)
established for residue of the pesticides.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  KFDA advance
notice No. 2000-57, 4 September 2000 (Available in Korean)G/SPS/N/KOR/75
Page 2
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  November 2000
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:   
Pesticide Residues Division
Korea Food and Drug Administration
#5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-kuSeoul, 122-704, Korea
Tel:  +(82 2) 380-1673 or 1858
Fax:  +(82 2) 382-4892
12. Texts available from: [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  As given
above (Item 11)