G/SPS/N/KOR/607  
 
25 July 2018  
(18-4713) 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): Animal products  
4. Regions or countri es 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 Range and Standards of 
Sterilization and Processing of Designated Quarantine Goods . Language(s): Korean.  
Number of pages: 35 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/KOR/18_3903_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The APQA/MAFRA of the Republic of Korea will make a partial 
amendment to Article 2 (Definitions of terms) of "Range and Standards of Sterilization and 
Processing of Designated Quarantine Goods". Major changes are as below.  
1. "Products not subject to quarantine" in Paragraph 5 will be amended to "Products 
subject to confirmation by quarantine officers".  
2. If the products are confirmed as not designated quarantine goods by the actual 
inspection, submission of the documents needed for confirmation may not be 
required.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Terrestrial A nimal Health Code, 
Volume  I. Sections 4, 5, Volume II  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/KOR/607  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever poss ible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : September 2018 or later  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : March 2019 or later  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/ yy):  
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 0423  
Fax: +(82) 54 912 0431  
E-mail: ilsu@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.qia.go.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 Quarantine Agency /MAFRA  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -ro, Gimcheon -si, Gyeongsangbuk -do, 39660, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 54 9 12 0423  
Fax: +(82) 54 912 0431  
E-mail: ilsu@korea.kr  
Website: http://www.qia.go.kr