G/SPS/N/KOR/771  
 
6 January 2023  
(23-0237) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF)  
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):  All live aquatic animals (fish, molluscs, crustaceans and amphibian) 
and chilled or frozen shrimp (HS codes: 0301, 0306, 0307, 0106)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed amendment to the "Aquatic Organism Disease 
Control Act" . Language( s): Korean . Number of pages:  37 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/KOR/23_0257_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  To revise the Aquatic Organism Disease Control Act as follows:  
(1) To introduce the registration system of domestic establishments to export aquatic 
animals and to develop new standards to control aquatic diseases for export;  
(2) To introduce the registration system of foreign establishments and to establish a legal 
basis for  on-site inspection conducted overseas;  
(3) To complement a legal basis to take actions on prohibited imports; and  
(4) To complement other requirement details for domestic disease control processes.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Aquatic Animal Health Code: Section 5, 
Chapter 5.1: General Obligations Related to Certification, Chapter 5.3: OIE 
procedures relevant to the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures of World Trade Organization  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/KOR/771  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : One year from the date of publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 7 March 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Fisheries Infrastructure and Aquaculture Policy Division  
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries  
Government Complex Sejong 94  
Dasom 2-Ro, Sejong Special Self -governing City  
30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 44 200 5625  
Fax: +(82) 44 861 9436  
E-mail: ahnjk90@korea.kr  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Fisheries Infrastructure and Aquaculture Policy Division  
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries  
Government Complex Sejong 94  
Dasom  2-Ro, Sejong Special Self -governing City  
30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 44 200 5625  
Fax: +(82) 44 861 9436  
E-mail: ahnjk90@korea.kr