G/SPS/N/KOR/697  
 
22 September 2020  
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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):  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:  Proposed amendments to the Countries (Regions) 
Allowed for Import of Livestock Products and Import Sanitation Requirements.  
Language(s):  Korean . Number of pages:  4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/KOR/20_5568_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This is to request the government of exporting countries to 
provide relevant information of the residue program to the Korean government on raw 
materials for livestock products such as raw milk or finished livestock products.  
The Lithuanian poultry meat is newly added to the Countries (Regions) Allowed for Import 
of Livestock Products and Import Sanitation Requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disea se, [ ] 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 Organizatio n 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:   G/SPS/N/KOR/697  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Administrative Notice of Ministry of Food and Drug Safety No. 2020 -406, 
17 September 2020 (available in Korean)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Expected for adoption on January 
2021(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) : Expected for adoption on January 2021 (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) : 21 November 2020  
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:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] 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: intmfds@korea.kr