G/SPS/N/KOR/606  
 
20 July 2018  
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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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Food products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant o r practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Proposed Amendments to the Standards and 
Specifications for Foods . Language(s): Korean.  Number of pages: 49 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/KOR/18_3859_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendment seeks to:  
1. Establish and revise MRLs of 54 pesticides (including Tetraniliprole and Glufosinate).  
2. Revise MRLs of 11 veterinary drugs (including Aminopyrine).  
3. Establish General Test Methods for newly established pesticide (Tetraniliprole).  
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 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Conventio n (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: Ministry 
of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2018 -302, 16 July 2018  (available in Korean)  G/SPS/N/KOR/606  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publicatio n (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) : 18 September 2018  
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:  
Documents are available from the Ministry of  Food and Drug Safety website at:  
http://www.mfds.go.kr  
Also available from:   
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1564  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@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:   
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of   Food and Drug Safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheong ju-si, Chungcheongbuk -
do 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1564  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr