G/TBT/N/KOR/708  
 
16 February 2017  
(17-0929) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member : REPUBLIC OF  KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) :   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, F ood and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above :  
Environment -Friendly Agriculture Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural 
Affairs (MAFRA)  
Tel.: +82 -44-201-2432, 2436 -7 
Fax: +82 -44-868-0483 
E-mail: kimcheolhui@korea.kr   
3. Notified under Article 2. 9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Environment -friendly 
agricultural and fishery products, pro cessed organic foods and materials for organic farming  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:   
A. Proposed Amendments to the enforcement decree of the act on Promotion of 
Environment -friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Man agement of and Support for Organic 
Foods (15 pages, in Korean)  
B. Proposed Amendments to the enforcement rule of the Act on Promotion of Environment -
friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management of and Support fo r Organic Foods 
(167 pages, in Korean).  
6. Description of content:   
A. Proposed Amendments to the enforcement decree of the act on Promotion of 
Environment -friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management of and Support for 
Organic Foods  
 Revision of administrative authority assignment (Artic le 5 (draft))  
 New regulation on handling identification information (Article 7 (draft))  
B. Proposed Amendments to the enforcement  rule of the Act on Promotion of Environment -
friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management and Support for Organic Foods, etc. 
under Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs  
 Detailed regulation for certification evaluator training (Article 32 -3 (draft))  
 Requirements for assessment, rating of accreditation agency, its procedure, 
methods, and application (Article 37 -2, 37-3, 37-4, 37-5, Annex 10 (draft))  
 Procedures for application for test laboratory appointment, re -appointment, change 
of designation (Article 54. 1, 54 -2, 54-3 (draft))  
 Requirements for certification of organic beekeeping products (Annex 3 (draft))  
 Requir ements for certification of organic pet feed (Annex 1 (draft), Appendix 
form 3) G/TBT/N/KOR/708  
 
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   Better requirements and procedures for administrative measures such as 
cancellation of certification (Annex 8 (draft))  
 Labelling of effects and potency of organic agricultural material (Annex 13, 14, 17 
(draft))  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) Public 
Notice  No. 2017 -39 (available in Korean)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: June 2017  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)  
Environment -Friendly Agriculture Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural 
Affairs (MAFRA)  
Tel.: +82 -44-201-2432,  2436-7 
Fax: +82 -44-868-0483 
E-mail: kimcheolhui@korea.kr  
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