G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.13  
 
18 September 2019  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 18 September 2019, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of  the Republic of Korea . 
 
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Amendment of Quarantine Pest List  
The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 
(MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has amended the quarantine pest list which is based on the result 
of a Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) and in accordance with the provisions of Articles 4 and 6 of the Ministerial 
Ordinance of the Plant Protection Act. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency notified to add 11 
quarantine pest species as follows:  
No. Scientific name  Group  Category  
1 Curvularia tuberculata  Fungi  Controlled Pest  
2 Didymosphaeria futilis  Fungi  Controlled Pest  
3 Drechslera neergaardii  Fungi  Controlled Pest  
4 Exserohilum holmii  Fungi  Controlled Pest  
5 Tomato brown rugose fruit virus  Viruses  Controlled Pest  
6 Achyranthes aspera  Weeds  Controlled Pest  
7 Calopogonium mucunoides  Weeds  Controlled Pest  
8 Digitaria insularis  Weeds  Controlled Pest  
9 Murdannia nudiflora  Weeds  Controlled Pest  
10 Eremnus chevrolati  Coleoptera  Controlled Pest  
11 Orgyia postica  Lepidoptera  Controlled Pest  
 
 
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 quarantine pest list (addition of 11 pests onto the previously 
notified list; G/SPS/N/KOR/212, G/SPS/N/KOR/212 Add.12)  G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.13  
 
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  Comment p eriod: (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 
circumstanc es, 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) : 17 November 2019  
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 addr ess (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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