. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/155 
6 April 2004 
 (04-1544) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Foods and other products administered by KFDA 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
trading partners. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   (Proposed) Regulations 
on testing costs for products ad ministered by the KFDA (ava ilable in Korean, 16 pages). 
6. Description of content:    
• As mandated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (per an amendment to the 
Regulations on Test Requests to Korea Food and Drug Administration and National 
Institute of Health),  KFDA has been designated as the authority responsible for 
establishing the testing costs for food, fo od additives and food contact materials. 
• The above proposed regulations, prepared  in accordance with KFDA's newly 
mandated authority, include a substantial re duction of pesticide testing costs using 
multi-class multi-residue methods. 
7. 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 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection 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:  The Korea Food and 
Drug Administration Advance Notice No.2004-32, 29 March 2004 (available in Korean). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   April 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. G/SPS/N/KOR/155 
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 12. Final date for comments:  To be determined. 
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:    
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website at 
www.kfda.go.kr
  Also available from: 
 International Trade a nd Legal Affairs Office 
 Korea Food and Drug Administration  #5 Nokbun-dong.  Eunpyung-Ku  Seoul, 122-704 Korea 
 Tel: (82 2) 380 1661 
 Fax: (82 2) 356 2893  E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website at 
www.kfda.go.kr   Also available from: 
 International Trade a nd Legal Affairs Office 
 Korea Food and Drug Administration 
 #5 Nokbun-dong.  Eunpyung-Ku  Seoul, 122-704 Korea  Tel: (82 2) 380 1661  Fax: (82 2) 356 2893 
 E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr