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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/113
23 August 2002
(02-4553)
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):   Propagative and non-propagative materials of Quercus  spp., Lithocarpus  spp.,
Huckleberry ( Vaccinum ovatum ), Rhododendron  spp., Madrone ( Arbutus menziesii ), Bay
Laurell ( Umbelluaria california ).
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
United Kingdom
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Tentative
phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction of Sudden Oak Death Disease (1 page,
available in Korean)
6. Description of content:  In order to prevent the introduc tion of Sudden Oak Death Disease
which is potentially injurious to Korea, National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) has
prohibited the import of all propagative and non-p ropagative materials of host plants from the
regions where the disease is known to occur, since August 2001.  Recently, Phytophthora
ramorum , the causal organism of this disease has baeen reported to occur in the United
Kingdom.  NPQS extended the import restriction to the host materials from the UnitedKingdom.
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 July 2002, the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of UK reported that Phytophthora
ramorum  had been found in England, Scotland, Wales and Guernsey.  With this information,
NPQS has taken tentative measures to suspend the importation of all host materials of the
disease from the United Kingdom.
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:G/SPS/N/KOR/113
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10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
NPQS Official document  No. hyupryuk 51192-650 (Korean)
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  9 August 2002
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, Anyang, Kyonggi-do, KOREA (R.)
Tel:  82-31-446-1926Fax:  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: