G/SPS/N/KOR/339/Add.1  
 
30 April 2019  
(19-2939) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 16 April 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the Republic of Korea . 
 
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Add of prohibited host  
The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry  of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 
(MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has added a prohibited host (fresh lime leaves) regarding of Citrus 
huanglongbing (greening) disease, one of the prohibited quarantine pest of Korea, which is based on 
the result of Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) on account of detection of insect vectors ( Diaphorina citri ) in 
imported fresh lime leaves.  
The import of relevant parts of host plants associated with Citrus huanglongbing (greening) disease 
from the regions specified as below wil l be prohibited from the consignments, shipped on and after 
11 April 2019.  
− Import prohibited hosts: Plant for planting including nursery stocks, scions and cuttings, etc. 
(excluding seeds) in the family Rutaceae, Cuscuta  spp. and Artocarpus heterophyllus  and fresh 
lime leaves  
− Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
o Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia , Iran , Japan (only southern 
parts of latitude 27˚ 58' in Okinawa Prefecture and Kikaijima) , Lao People's Democratic 
Republic , Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal,  Pakistan, Philippines, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 
Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Viet Nam, Yemen  
o Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, 
Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Reunion, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia , 
Zimbabwe  
o North America: United States of America (only States of Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, 
Georgia, Texas and California, Virgin Islands)  
o Central and South America: Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, 
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay , Puerto Rico  
o Oceania and the Pacific: Papua New Guinea, East Timor  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[X] Other: Amendment of prohibited hosts  G/SPS/N/KOR/339/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 29 June 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail addres s (if available) of other 
body:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs/MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si, 30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 44) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(82 44) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs/MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si, 30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 44) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(82 44) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr  
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