G/SPS/N/KOR/469  
 
28 February 2014  
(14-1242)  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: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Food, livestock product, drug, traditional Korean 
medicinal substance, medical device, cosmetics 
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: Draft revision to Regulations on laboratory testing 
request to MFDS  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 40 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/KOR/14_1048_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
 Clarify and appoint "MFDS-affiliated institutes" as testing laboratories conducting 
tests that have been requested to MFDS; 
 Modify "MFDS" to "MFDS and MFDS-affiliated institutes"; 
 Harmonize terminologies as according to the "Testing and Inspection of Food and 
Drugs Act"; 
 Consolidate the request standard of livestock testing into the current regulation; 
 Establish a legal basis for the "Regulations on the management of leftover testing 
samples". 
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 st andard? 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 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/469 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2014-31, 11 February 2014 
(available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 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) : 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) : 29 April 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-700, Korea 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1564 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Documents are available from the Korea Ministry of Government Legislation website at 
http://www.law.go.kr . Also available from:   
International Cooperation Office 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-700, Korea 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1564 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr