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G/SPS/N/KOR/422 
1 August 2012 
 (12-4255) 
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 Health and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food, food additives, apparatus, p ackaging and containers for food 
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:  Partial revision of the Enforcement Decree of the Food 
Sanitation Act  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  5 
 http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/sps/KOR/12_3031_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Streamlining risk assessment procedures conducted by the Food 
Sanitation Deliberation Committee: 
 Currently, data analysis generated by dom estic or overseas research and inspection 
institutes have been recognized by the co mmittee without additional deliberation.   
 The revised Enforcement Decree shall re quire the committee to deliberate and 
determine the risk of food, etc., taking into  consideration data analysis produced by 
domestic or overseas research and inspection institutes. 
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.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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 G/SPS/N/KOR/422 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] 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:  MW Public 
Notification 2012-439 (31 July 2012) published on the Korean Official Gazette (available 
in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  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) :  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) :  30 September 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Division of Food Policy 
Ministry of Health & Welfare  
110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 
The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7785 Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 E-mail:  youngah@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:     
Division of Food Policy 
Ministry of Health & Welfare  110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7785 Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 
E-mail:  youngah@korea.kr