G/SPS/N/KOR/460  
 
4 November 2013  
(13-6028)  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 Food and Drug Safety 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Livestock products 
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: Amendments to Enforcement Decree of Livestock 
Products Sanitary Control Act and Enforcement Rule  Language(s): Korean  Number 
of pages: 163 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/KOR/13_4373_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: Main points of Amendments to Livestock Products Sanitary 
Control Act Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Rule: 
1. Amendments to Enforcement Decree of Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act: 
A. Conducting inspection of all domestic animals including chicken and duck to be 
undertaken only by official veterinary inspectors; 
B. One official veterinary inspector and one non-official inspector to be made available 
for animal inspection by workload standards; 
C. Stipulation of the sanitary provisions criteria for livestock animals before shipping for 
slaughter and the imposed fines for violators of the provisions; and 
D. Unification of terms and harmonization among the provisions. 
2. Amendments to Enforcement Rule of Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act: 
A. Establishment of the legal basis for the issuance of sanitation certification for 
exporting livestock product; 
B. Specification of scope and subject of businesses which shall possess and operate Self 
Safety Management Certification Stan dard and its applying procedure; 
C. Establishment of provision that specifies conditions for farmers to follow before 
shipping livestock animals for slaughter; 
D. Deleting the phrase specifying the Institute for Livestock products sanitation 
inspection; 
E. Deleting nutria as non-livestock animals; 
F. Enlargement of subject for evaluating Self Safety Management Certification 
Standard, preparation of its criteria and adjustment of sampling regulation; 
G. Imposing obligation of traceability management for infant formula producer and 
importer; 
H. Unification of terms and forms due to the revision of the Act; and 
I. Harmonization among the provisions and with other related regulations. G/SPS/N/KOR/460 
 
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  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 st andard? 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 Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] 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: Korean 
official government gazette, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Notice No. 2013-187 (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) : 3 January 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Agro-Livestock and Fishery products Policy Division 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  187, Osongsaengmyeong 2-ro, Osong-enp, Cheongwon-gun Chungcheongbuk-Do, 363-700 
Republic of Korea 
Tel: +(82) 43 719 3207 Fax: +(82) 43 719 3200 
E-mail: parkhj0901@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Agro-Livestock and Fishery products Policy Division  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
187, Osongsaengmyeong 2-ro, Osong-enp, Cheongwon-gun 
Chungcheongbuk-Do, 363-700 Republic of Korea Tel: +(82) 43 719 3207 
Fax: +(82) 43 719 3200 
E-mail: parkhj0901@korea.kr