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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/142
24 September 2003
(03-5053)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   National Plant Quarantine Service, Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry
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):   Citrus plants for planting including nursery stocks, scions and cuttings, etc.
(excluding seeds)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia,  Cameroon, Central African Re public, East Timor, Laos,
Malawi, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda , Somalia, Tanzania and Vietnam
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Phytosanitary
measures to prevent the introduction of Citrus huanglongbing (greening) disease,
Administrative order NPQS 51192-921 (1 page, available in Korean)
6. Description of content:  National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) has prohibited the
import of all propagative materials (excluding s eeds) of host plants of  Citrus huanglongbing
(greening) disease from Bangladesh, Bu rundi, Cambodia, Came roon, Central African
Republic, East Timor, Laos, Malawi, Papua  New Guinea, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania,
Vietnam, in order to prevent the introduction of the disease.
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
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:   In order to prevent the
introduction of Citrus huangl ongbing (greening) disease which do not exist in Korea.
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Administrative order
NPQS 51192-921 (16 September 2003, available in Korea)
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   Applicable to the
consignments shipped to Korea on and after 21 September 2003.G/SPS/N/KOR/142
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12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
National Plant Quarantine Service/MAF
#433-1, Anyang 6-dong, AnyangKyonggi-do, 430-016, Korea
Tel:  +(82 31) 446 1926
Fax:  +(82 31) 445 6934
E-mail:  npqs@npqs.go.kr
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
National Plant Quarantine Service/MAF
#433-1, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang
Kyonggi-do, 430-016, Korea
Tel:  +(82 31) 446 1926
Fax:  +(82 31) 445 6934
E-mail:  npqs@npqs.go.kr