G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.14  
 
11 March 2020  
(20-1904) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 10 March 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Republic of Korea . 
 
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Amendment of Quarantine Pest List  
The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 
(MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has amended the quarantine pest list which is based on the result 
of a Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) and in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 a nd 6 of the Ministerial 
Ordinance of the Plant Protection Act. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency notified to add 36 
quarantine pest species as follows:  
No. Scientific name  Group  Category  
1 Bactrocera facialis  Diptera  Prohibited Pest  
2 Ceratitis cosyra  Diptera  Prohibited Pest  
3 Colletotrichum kahawae  Fungus  Controlled Pest  
4 Elsinoe mangiferae  Fungus  Controlled Pest  
5 Geosmithia morbida  Fungus  Controlled Pest  
6 Mycosphaerella fijiensis  Fungus  Controlled Pest  
7 Phyllachora  maydis  Fungus  Controlled Pest  
8 Pepper yellow leaf curl indonesia virus  Virus Controlled Pest  
9 Pineapple mealybug wilt -associated viruses  Virus Controlled Pest  
10 Tomato leaf curl new delhi virus  Virus Controlled Pest  
11 Columnea  latent viroid  Viroid             Controlled Pest  
12 Pepper chat fruit viroid    Viroid             Controlled Pest  
13 Tomato apical stunt viroid  Viroid             Controlled Pest  
14 Tomato planta macho viroid  Viroid             Controlled Pest  
15 Digitaria horizontalis  Weed  Controlled Pest  
16 Ludwigia peruviana     Weed  Controlled Pest  
17 Brachiaria decumbens   Weed  Controlled Pest  
18 Craspedoxantha marginalis  Diptera           Controlled Pest  
19 Monarthropalpus flavus  Diptera            Controlled Pest  G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.14  
 
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  20 Adelges piceae  Hemiptera       Controlled Pest  
21 Diuraphis noxia  Hemiptera       Controlled Pest  
22 Ericaphis fimbriata  Hemiptera       Controlled Pest  
23 Ericaphis scammelli  Hemiptera       Controlled Pest  
24 Spilococcus mamillariae  Hemiptera       Controlled Pest  
25 Thaumastocoris peregrinus  Hemiptera       Controlled Pest  
26 Anomala cupripes  Coleoptera      Controlled Pest  
27 Carpophilus lugubris  Coleoptera      Controlled Pest  
28 Coccotrypes dactyliperda  Coleoptera      Controlled Pest  
29 Dinoplatypus luniger  Coleoptera      Controlled Pest  
30 Hypothenemus hampei  Coleoptera      Controlled Pest  
31 Ips caligraphus  Coleoptera      Controlled Pest  
32 Tribolium destructor    Coleoptera      Controlled Pest  
33 Aproceros leucopoda  Hymenoptera   Controlled Pest  
34 Tetraponera rufonigra  Hymenoptera   Controlled Pest  
35 Hirschmanniella gracilis  Tylenchida        Controlled Pest  
36 Zygotylenchus guevarai      Tylenchida        Controlled Pest  
 
 
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[X] Other: amendment of quarantine pest list (addition of 11 pest onto the previously 
notified list; G/SPS/N/KOR/212, G/SPS/N/KOR/212 Add.13)  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of  at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notificatio n and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 10 May 2020 - 60 days from the date of circulation  
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 : 
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs /MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si 339 -012, Republic of Korea  
Tel:  +(8244) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(8244) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr   G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.14  
 
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  Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs /MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si 339 -012, Republic of Korea  
Tel:  +(8244) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(8244) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr   
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