G/SPS/N/KOR/648  
 
26 June 2019  
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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:  Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry for 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)  
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):  Used agricultural and constructional machinery (ex: tractors, 
combine harvesters, bulldozers, graders, excavators, etc.)  
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:  Enforced Import Requirements of the Republic of Korea 
for Used Agricultural and Constructional Machinery . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/KOR/19_3595_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affair s (MAFRA) will  
enforce import requirements for used agricultural and constructional machinery. The main 
import requirements are as follows:  
− Used agricultural and constructional machinery should be inspected at the entry point, 
such as seaport or airport ; 
− Regulated used machines are 18 items which are based on HSK code which contains 
used tractors and caterpillar type machineries ; 
− Used machinery should not contain quarantine pest and prohibited articles of the 
Republic of Korea including soil ; 
− If used machinery is interce pted with Korean quarantine pests or prohibited articles 
is imported, it will be treated, destroyed or returned according to the Korean Plant 
Protection Act.  
Please find more detailed information in the attached file.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  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) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/KOR/648  
 
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : 
ISPM N° 41 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 Sep tember 2019  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 August 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  
13. 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