G/AG/N/KOR/64  
 
8 March 2019  
(19-1423) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  25 February  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Republic of  Korea . The notification concerns new or modified domestic support 
measures exempt from reduction ( Table DS:2 ). 
 
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: RE PUBLIC OF KOREA  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
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(1) FULL TITLE OF ME ASURE:  
Golden Seed Project (R&D).  
 
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLA TION REFERENCE:  
Article 35 of the Framework Act on Agriculture and Rural Commu nity and Food Industry, Article  6 
of the Act on the Promotion of Science and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Forestry.  
 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIP TION OF MEASURE WITH  REFERENCE TO CRITER IA: 
Annex 2.2 (a)  Research  
The purpose of the seed research and development project is to respond to the change of the 
future agricultural environment pre -emptively. The project provides support for development of 
seeds based on the technologies for 20 items and life -cycle R&D. It a ims to promote development 
of agroindustry including the seed industry through strategic development of seeds particularly 
for five items among 20. In that regard, research and development on seeds of rice, potato and 
corn has been conducted to address the  food security issue. In the livestock industry, excellent 
breed of pig and chicken are developed to foster swine and chicken breeding businesses.  
 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
100 million won (2012).  
 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY IN TO EFFECT:  
1 January  2012 (the effective date of the project).  
 
(6) PERIOD OF APPLIC ATION:  
2012-2021.  
 
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRIN CIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODU CT(S)):  
None.  
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: RE PUBLIC OF KOREA  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
___________________________________________________________________________  
 
(1) FULL TITLE OF ME ASURE:  
Animal Disease Management Technology Development.  
 
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLA TION REFERENCE:  
Article 35 of the Framework Act on Agriculture and Rural Commu nity and Food Industry, Article  6 
of the Act on the Promotion of Science and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Forestry.  
 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIP TION OF MEASURE WITH  REFERENCE TO CRITER IA: 
Annex  2.2(a) Research  
The purpose of this project is to support development of life -cycle technologies from prevention, 
quarantine, and diagnosis to prevention of infection and follow -up management, and 
development of drugs for animals to effectively respond to  national disaster animal diseases, 
including food -and-mouth disease and avian influenza.  
It focuses on providing support to R&D in the private sectors with urgency, for example, rapid 
diagnosis, prevention, disinfection, quarantine and vaccine development  for national disaster 
diseases (FMD and AI), development of animal disease inhibitor drugs and prevention 
technologies, and to development of animal drugs by u sing animal and plant resources:  
 Diagnosis and prevention technology: Development of disease det ermination kit for rapid 
diagnosis of animal diseases including AI, development of DNA chip, and establishment of 
prediction system for infectious disease by production stage;  
 Quarantine and disinfection technology: Development of full -range disinfection s ystem and 
development of manual for quarantine personnel, equipment and facilities and 
management for animal disease quarantine;  
 Prevention of infection and follow -up management: Development of integrated monitoring 
system of breeding management to prevent  the spread of AI and FMD, and follow -up 
management through pollution control in the areas where infected animals have been 
slaughtered;  
 Development of animal medicine: Development of vaccine adjuvant to prevent high 
pathogenic AI and FMD and development of functional feed additives and immune adjuvant 
to control high pathogenic AI.  
 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
4 billion won (2012).  
 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY IN TO EFFECT:  
1 January  2012 (the effective date of the project).  
 
(6) PERIOD OF APPLIC ATION:  
No limit.  
 
(7) PRODU CTS TO PRINCIPALLY B ENEFIT (IF ANY INDIV IDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
None.  G/AG/N/KOR/64  
 
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: RE PUBLIC OF KOREA  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
___________________________________________________________________________  
 
(1) FULL TITLE OF ME ASURE:  
Support for promotion of return to agricultural villages and rural communities.  
 
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLA TION REFERENCE:  
Article 29 Paragraph 2 of the Framework Act on Agriculture and Rural Community and Food 
Industry, and Article 7 of the Act on Promotion of and Support for Return to Agricultural and 
Fishing Villages and Rural Communities.  
 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIP TION OF MEASURE WITH  REFERENCE TO CRITER IA: 
Annex 2.2(c) training services  
The purpose of the project is to create vitality in the rural communities facing depopulation 
through increased number of urban -to-rural migrants, improve aging agricultural manpower 
structure and revitalize the region throu gh the influx of the young adults:  
 Support training for urban to rural migrants: Support education for potential urban to rural 
migrants, promote and evaluate training program mes; 
 Long-term training for young migrants: Expand long -term and on -site training  program mes 
for young adults  
 Expo: Organizing exhibition and job fairs;  
 Survey on urban to rural migration: Field survey by household, survey on impaired 
migrants and study on ways to support the impaired;  
 Operation of general centre for urban to rural migration: Provide related information and 
consultation, operate and manage website, and manage operational cost including rental 
fee. 
 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
15 billion (2013).  
 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY IN TO EFFECT:  
1 January 2013.  
 
(6) PERIOD OF APPLIC ATION:  
No limit. 
 
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRIN CIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODU CT(S)):  
None.  
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: RE PUBLIC OF KOREA  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
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(1) FULL TITLE OF ME ASURE:  
Post-genome Technology Development Program.  
 
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLA TION REFERENCE:  
Article 6 of the Act on the Promotion of Science and Technology for Food, Agri culture and 
Forestry, Article 36 of the Framework Act on Agriculture and Rural Community and Food 
Industry.  
 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIP TION OF MEASURE WITH  REFERENCE TO CRITER IA: 
Annex 2.2(a) research  
The project aims to secure and defend the patent for our agricultural and biological resources in 
the amid the global information war through genome decoding, and to provide innovative 
foundation for development in domestic agribusiness market.  
 Genome dec oding project for millennium agricultural and bio resources: Development of 
resources for genome decoding and decoding of new genome;  
 Biological information advancement project for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food: 
Establishment of integrated man agement system for biological information and 
advancement of database, and development of comprehensive service for a hub of 
biological information specific to agriculture, forestry and fisheries;  
 Joint research project on agricultural bio information: Est ablishment of cooperative 
network of international agricul tural bio  information and implementation of international 
joint research.  
 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
66.8 billion (2014 -2021 total).  
 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY IN TO EFFECT:  
1 January 2014.  
 
(6) PERIOD OF APPLIC ATION:  
2014-2021.  
 
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRIN CIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODU CT(S)):  
None.  
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  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: RE PUBLIC OF KOREA  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
___________________________________________________________________________  
 
(1) FULL TITLE OF ME ASURE:  
Scholarship Program for Children of Farmers and New Farmers.  
 
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLA TION REFERENCE:  
Article 5 Paragraph 2 of the Act on Special Accounts of the Structural Improvement of 
Agricultural and Fishing Villages, Article 53 of the Framework Act on Agriculture, Fisheries, 
Farming and Fishing Villages.  
 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIP TION OF MEASUR E WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA:  
Annex 2.6 Decoupled income support  
The purpose of this project is to relieve the burden of farmers and fishermen and nurture 
excellent farming successors by providing scholarships to children of farmers and fishermen and 
new f armers.  
High school and college scholarship will be granted. The college scholarship will be given to 
children of farmers and fisheries that meet certain requirements, including income and grades, 
to farmers studying in the field related to agriculture an d food, or to college students that meet 
certain requirements including grades and career will. High school scholarship will be given to 
high school students studying in the field of agriculture, food and biology and excellent students 
in farming fishing v illages.  
In case of college scholarship, children of farmers will receive KRW 1.5 million per semester and 
new farmers will receive KRW 2 million to 2.5 million per semester. In case of high school 
scholarship, new farmers and students in the physical edu cation field will receive a fixed rate of 
KRW 500,000 and KRW 1 million per year respectively.  
 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
15 billion won (2015).  
 
(5) DATE OF ENTRY IN TO EFFECT:  
1 January 2015.  
 
(6) PERIOD OF APPLIC ATION:  
No limit.  
 
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRIN CIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDI VIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
None.  
 
 
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