G/SPS/N/KOR/591/Add.2  
 
12 June 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 12 June 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the Republic of Korea . 
 
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Add of prohibited host plants and countries  
The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 
(MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has added host plants and prohibited areas of Zebra chip 
disease " Candidatus  Liberibacter  solanacearum ( Ca. L. solanacearum)", one of the prohibited 
quarantine pests of the Republic of Korea, which is based on the result of Pest Risk Analysis (PRA).  
The import condition for the following seeds associated with Ca. L. solanacearum  is mandatory 
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing from the 12 exporting countries for export to the 
Republic of Korea. The PCR test should be done by the NPPO or public testing agencies approved 
by the NPPO in accordance with ISPM 27 (DP 21) or Munyane za et. al (2012) with phytosanitary 
certificate, shipped on and after 14 June 2018.  
Produc ts covered:  carrot ( Dacus carota ) seeds, celery/celeriac ( Apium graveolens ) seeds and 
parsley seeds ( Petroselinum crispum ) for sowing  
Countries likely to be affected,  to the e xtent relevant or practicable:  
 North America:  United States of America  
 Europe: Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden  
 Africa:  Morocco  
 Asia: China  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/KOR/18_3010_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/KOR/18_3010_01_e.pdf  
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 prohibited host plants  
Comment period: (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 circumstances, such as extension of origin ally 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) : 11 August 2018  G/SPS/N/KOR/591/Add.2  
 
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  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:  
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency /MAFRA  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -ro, Gimcheon -si, Gyeongsangbuk -do, 39660, Republic o f Korea  
Tel: +(82) 54 912 0628  
Fax: +(82) 54 912 0635  
E-mail: npqs@korea.kr  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency /MAFRA  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -ro, Gimcheon -si, Gyeongsangbuk -do, 39660, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 54 912 0628  
Fax: +(82) 54 912 0 635 
E-mail: npqs@korea.kr  
 
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