G/SPS/N/KOR/602/Add.1  
 
2 December 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 2 December 2020, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of  the Republic of Korea . 
 
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Add of prohibited areas of Zebra chip disease  
The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 
(MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has added prohibited areas of Zebra chip disease " Candidatus 
Liberibacter solanacearum  (Ca. L. solanacearum )", one of the prohibited quarantine pests of the 
Republic of Korea, which is based on the result of Pest Risk Analysis (PRA).  
The import of the host plants from the prohibited areas will be prohibited from the consignment with 
Phytosanitary Ce rtificate, shipped on and after 4 December 2020. The information of prohibited areas 
and host plants about Ca. L. solanacearum  is detailed in attachment 1.  
[Import requirements of seed produced in prohibited areas]  
Products covered: Seeds of carrot (Daucus carota ), celery /celeriac (Apium graveolens ) and parsley 
(Petroselinum crispum ) for sowing  
The import condition of the relevant seeds is mandatory Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing to 
approve freedom of the pathogen.  
The PCR test should be done  by the NPPO or public testing agencies approved by the NPPO in 
accordance with ISPM 27 (DP 21) or Munyaneza et. al (2012).  
− If the PCR test is carried out by the NPPO, a Phytosanitary Certificate with the additional 
declaration that "The seeds were tested by PCR before export and found free from Zebra Chip 
disease." should be issued.  
Or 
− If the PCR test is carried out by public testing agencies, the PCR Inspection Certification 
(attachment 2) should be issued.  
(In case of the PCR Inspection Certificate is accompanied, the copy of authorization of the testing 
agencies issued by the NPPO of an export country should be attached.)  
[Attachment 1] List of plants that are not authorized for importation into Korea : 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/KOR/20_7415_00_e.pdf  
[Attachment 2] 'PCR Inspection Certificate' issued by public testing agencies : 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/KOR/20_7415_01_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Modification of content and/or sco pe of previously notified  regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of  regulation  
[ ] Change in period of application of measure  
[X] Other: Amendment of prohibited areas . G/SPS/N/KOR/602/Add.1  
 
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  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:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs /MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si 339 -012, 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 339 -012, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 44) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(82 44) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr  
 
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