. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/121
11 December 2002
(02-6859)
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:  National Plant Quarantine Service  (NPQS), 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):  Fruit and kernel of walnut;  fruit, stem and leaves of Solanaceae;  fruit of
Pomoideae and Rubus  spp. in frozen condition.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Walnut – All countries in Europe and Africa, Canada, United States of America, Mexico,
Lebanon, Myanmar, Syria, Afghanistan, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Israel, India, China, Turkey,
Pakistan, Hong Kong, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentin a, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Australia,
New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Byelorussia, Mo ldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kyrgyzst an, Gruziya, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia.
Solanacea – All countries in Europe, Lebanon, Myanmar, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Israel,
Turkey, Yemen, Libya, Morocco, Algeria, Eg ypt, Tunisia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zaire,
Guatemala, Mexico, United States of America,  Dominica, El Salvador, Jamaica, Canada,
Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Aust ralia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova,
Lithuania).
Pomoideae and Rubus  spp. – All countries except Japan and Taiwan.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Paragraph 2 of Article 6
in the Revised Import Plant Quarantine Regu lation.  NPQS Notification No.2002-12 (1 page,
available in Korean).
6. Description of content:   It is confirmed that quarantine pests which are associated with the
fruit and kernel of walnut;  fruit, stem and leaves of Solanaceae;  fruit of Pomoideae and
Rubus  spp. originating from the above-mentioned regions, cannot be eliminated by freezing.
Therefore, these items in frozen condition will be considered as prohibited items as samewith those in fresh condition.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
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8. 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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Official Gazette
No.15249 (14 November 2002, available in Korean)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   For consignments shipped on and after
14 February 2003
12. Final date for comments:  31 January 2003
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:
13.Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: