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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/KOR/436 
11 January 2013  
 (13-0202) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quar antine & Inspection Agency (QIA), 
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Fresh pineapple fruit ( Ananas comosus  (L.) Merr.) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, 
Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Ch ad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Israel, Kenya, Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Ni geria, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, 
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South A frica, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe  
5. Title of the notified document:  Emergency phytosanitary measures on fresh pineapple 
fruit to prevent the introduction of Cryptophlebia leucotreta   Language(s):  English  
Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  In order to prevent the introduction of Cryptophlebia leucotreta  
into the Republic of Korea, QIA takes em ergency import prohibition measures on fresh 
pineapple fruit from Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, 
Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Re public of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, 
Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Israel, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwa nda, Saint Helena, Sene gal, Sierra Leone, 
Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania , Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 
If the above mentioned countries hope to export fresh pineapple fruits to the Republic of 
Korea, appropriate pest risk management measures shall be established before the exportation in accordance with Korea's Import Risk Analysis procedures. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/KOR/436 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  QIA has recently 
conducted the Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for fr esh pineapple fruits and confirmed that fresh 
pineapple fruit is a host of Cryptophlebia leucotreta .  Therefore, import of fresh pineapple 
fruits from countries where the pest is present has a risk of introduction of this pest into the 
Republic of Korea. 
9. 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)   
[X] 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:    
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:   Nil   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  The 
emergency measure will enter into force to th e consignments shipped to the Republic of 
Korea on and after 11 January 2013.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quar antine & Inspection Agency/MIFAFF  
178 Anyang-ro, Manan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 430-016, Republic of KOREA Tel:  +(82 31) 420-7666 Fax:  +(82 31) 420-7605 E-mail:  yijaes3@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quar antine & Inspection Agency/MIFAFF 
178 Anyang-ro, Manan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 430-016, Republic of KOREA 
Tel:  +(82 31) 420-7666 Fax:  +(82 31) 420-7605 E-mail:  yijaes3@korea.kr