G/SPS/N/KOR/660  
 
29 August 2019  
(19-5580) 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 Oceans and Fisheries (MOF)  
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):  All live aquatic animals (fish and crustaceans) and chilled or frozen 
shrimp s 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant o r practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Enforcement Rule of the Aquatic Life Disease Control 
Act. Language(s):  Korean  and English . Number of pages:  10 and 2  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/KOR/19_4730_00_x.pdf  
https:/ /members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/KOR/19_4730_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea is 
in the process of amendment to Article 2 and Article 28 of Enforcement Rule  of Aquatic Life 
Disease C ontrol Act. The detailed amendment is as follows:  
(1) Three diseases of aquatic animal, such as "Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease", 
"Necrotising hepatopancreatitis" and "Infection with salmonid alphavirus" will be added 
to aquatic organism disease;  
(2) Eel fry for aquaculture and zebrafish for research and development to be imported will 
be added to those exempted from accompanying health certificate.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect human s 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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Aquatic Animal Health Code: 
Chapters  9.1, 9.3, 10.5  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/KOR/660  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these a re available:  
Official  website of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea 
(http://www.mof.go.kr , in Korean)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 December 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 December 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Article 2: 1 December 2020, Article 28: 1 December 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) : 28 October 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:   
Fisheries Infrastructure and Aquaculture Policy Division  
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries  
Government Complex Sejong 94  
Dasom 2 -Ro, Sejong Special Self -governing City  
30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 44 200 5622  
Fax: +(82) 44 861 9436  
E-mail: yoonee21@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:   
Documents are available from the Korea n Ministry of Government Legislation website at 
http://www.mof.go.kr/ . Also available from:  
 
Fisheries Infrastructure and Aquaculture Policy Division  
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries  
Government Complex Sejong 94  
Dasom 2 -Ro, Sejong Special Self -governing City  
30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 44 200 5622  
Fax: +(82) 44 861 94 36 
E-mail: yoonee21@korea.kr