G/SPS/N/KOR/589  
 
11 January 2018  
(18-0344) 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: Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry for 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)  
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): Plants  
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: Notification of survey guidelines for major fruit flies . 
Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 7 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/KOR/18_0286_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The APQA/MAFRA of the Republic of Korea has prepared survey 
guidel ines for major fruit flies to maintain freedom of fruit flies including Terms, Survey 
and Control Measures, Eradication, Regulatory Measures on Movement and Cropping etc, 
Confirming Effectiveness of Eradication and Declaration. Details are provided as 
attachment.  
-  attachment: Survey guidelines for major fruit flies.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans 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) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM 6, 
ISPM 9, ISPM 26  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the re levant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/KOR/589  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Nil  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for commen ts: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. The inquiries and comments related 
to the survey guidelines for major fruit flies can be made anytime.  
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 of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 54 912 0628  
Fax: +(82) 54 912 0635  
E-mail: npqs@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:   
Animal and Plant Quarant ine Agency/MAFRA  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -ro, Gimcheon -si, Gyeongsangbuk -do, 39660, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 54 912 0628  
Fax: +(82) 54 912 0635  
E-mail: npqs@korea.kr