G/SPS/N/KOR/690  
 
15 July 2020  
(20-4827) 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 Food and Drug Safety  
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):  Livestock products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regio ns or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Amendments to the Regulation on Declaration 
and Inspection for Imported Livestock Products . Language(s):  Korean . 
Number  of pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/KOR/20_4151_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Standards for import declaration and laboratory tests of 
livesto ck products will be unified into the standards for the same livestock products from 
the same company pursuant to article 2.2.  
Also, the same livestock products imported after non -compliance is detected will be 
subject to the first laboratory test to inspec t substances as well as non -compliance 
substances that have been detected.  
And the substances subject to the first laboratory test could be posted on the MFDS 
website.  
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.   G/SPS/N/KOR/690  
 
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  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) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation co nform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
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:  
Administrative Notice of Ministry of Food and Drug Safety No. 2020 -287; 07 July 2020 
(available in Korean)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Expected for adoption on January 2021 
(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) : Expected for adoption on January 2021 (To be determined).  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 September 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax n umber and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Documents are available from the Min istry of   Food and Drug Safety website at 
http://www.mfds.go.kr .  
Also available from:  
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
Tel: +(8243) 719 1564  
Fax: +(8243) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr