G/SPS/N/KOR/549  
 
20 September  2016 
(16-4987) 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 (QIA), Ministry of 
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): Veterinary pharmaceutical products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, t o the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Proposed Amendments to the Regulation on the 
Safety and Efficacy Evaluation for Veterinary Pharmaceutical Products . Language(s): 
Korean . Number of pages: 23 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/KOR/16_3874_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendments mainly focus  on the following:  
Adding the list of veterinary pharmaceutical products to exempt the data on residue 
from the required documents, etc.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/p lant 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) :   
[ ] 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 internation al standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
QIA Public Notice No. 2016 -342, 9 September 2016  (available in Korean)  G/SPS/N/KOR/549  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : November 2016 or later.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : November 2016 or later.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Novembe r 2016 or later.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 November 2016  
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:  
Veterinary Pharmaceutical Management Division  
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA)  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -Ro, Gimcheon -Si, Gyeongsangbuk -Do, 39660, R epublic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 54) 9120532  
Fax: +(82 54) 9120530  
E-mail: sejang@korea.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:   
Documen ts are available from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency website at: 
http://www.q ia.go.kr . Also available from:  
Veterinary Pharmaceutical Management Division  
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA)  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -Ro, Gimcheon -Si, Gyeongsangbuk -Do, 39660, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 54) 9120532  
Fax: +(82 54) 9120530  
E-mail: sejang@korea.kr