G/SPS/N/KOR/445  
 
28 May 2013  
(13-2808)  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 drugs 
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:  Proposed Amendments to the Regulation on the 
Safety and Efficacy Evaluation for Veterinary Drugs  Language(s):  Korean  Number of 
pages:  14 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/KOR/13_2022_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments mainly focus on the following: 
1. Principles to exempt the data on residue from the required documents; and 
2. List of veterinary drugs to exempt the data on residue from the required documents. 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al 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)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] 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:  The 
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency Public Notice No. 2013-53, 22 May 2013 (available in Korean) G/SPS/N/KOR/445 
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  August 2013 or later. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  August 2013 or later. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  August 2013 or later. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  27 July 2013 
Agency or authority designated to handle  comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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) 
175, Anyang-Ro, Manan-Gu, Anyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, 480-757, Republic of Korea Tel: +(82 31) 467 4305 
Fax: +(82 31) 467 4321 
E-mail: vetyj@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Documents are available from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency website at 
http://www.qia.go.kr . Also available from:   
Veterinary Pharmaceutical Management Division 
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency(QIA) 175, Anyang-Ro, Manan-Gu, Anyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, 480-757, Republic of Korea 
Tel: +(82 31) 467 4305 
Fax: +(82 31) 467 4321 E-mail: vetyj@korea.kr