G/TBT/N/KOR/495  
 
3 June 2014  
(14-3213)  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 
Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) 
Environment-Friendly Agriculture Division of the Ministry of Agriculture,  Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) 
Tel.:  +82-44-201-2433 
Fax:  +82-44-868-0483 E-mail:  chds@korea.kr  
Name and address (including telephon e 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 :    
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, processed organic foods and materials for organic farming 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Enforcement 
ordinance and enforcement regulations on the Act on Promotion of Environment-Friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management and Support for Organic Foods (34 pages, in 
Korean). 
6. Description of content: The main amended contents in this document are as follows: 
Enforcement Ordinance:  
 Acceptance and approval of notification for imported organic foods, conformity 
assessment of the labelling standards are de legated to the Minister of the Ministry 
of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS). Accept ance of notification for imported non 
edible processed organic foods, and conformity assessment of the labelling standards are delegated to the Head of the National Agricultural Products Quality 
Management Service (NAQS) (Article 5.2.2; Article 5.3.6.2). 
 The granting of eligibility, suspension and revocation for accreditors, and 
execution of audits are delegated to th e Head of NAQS and the Heads of the 
National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (Article 5.3 and 5.4). 
Enforcement Regulations: 
 Established the import notification procedure for organic foods and non-edible 
processed foods (Article 18.2.1). 
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   Established the assessment procedures for organic foods notified for import 
(Article 18.2.2, 18.2.3). 
 Established the eligibility standards for accreditors, procedures for the grant of 
eligibility and standards for administrative measures (Article 27.2). 
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. 2014-128 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    September 2014 or later September 2014 or later 
10. Final date for comments: Competent authority will receive comments for sixty days 
after the date of notification in order to seek possible way to reflect the comment into 
enforcing regulations of the Act sometime in the future. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body: 
Environment-Friendly Agriculture Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural 
Affairs (MAFRA) 
Tel.: +82-44-201-2433 
Fax: +82-44-868-0483 E-mail: chds@korea.kr  
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