G/SPS/N/KOR/602  
 
19 June 2018  
(18-3838) Page: 1/2 
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 and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry for 
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): Plants  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: China, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, 
Italy, Morocco, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United States of  America.  
5. Title of the notified document: Import prohibition for the host plants of Candidatus 
Liberibacter solanacearum . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/KOR/18_3157_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Importation of the host plants of Candidatus Liberibacter 
solanacearum  (Ca. L. solanacearum ), one of the prohibited quarantine pests of the 
Republic of  Korea, is prohibited from relevant countries in addition to already prohibited 
areas. The detailed requirements for relevant seeds for sowing refer to "G/SPS/N/KOR/591 
and Addenda".  The list of plants that are not authorized for importation into Korea is 
attached.  
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.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for u rgent action: Based on the 
detection of  Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum  from imported plants, APQA decided to 
prohibit import of the host plants to prevent the introduction of Candidatus Liberibacter 
solanacearum.  
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) : ISPM No. 20  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/KOR/602  
 
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  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 language(s) in which these are available:   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
14 June 2018 as of shipping date in an exporting country.   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. 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:  
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency /MAFRA  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -ro, Gimcheon -si, Gyeongsangbuk -do, 39660, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 54 912 0628  
Fax: +(82) 54 912 0635 
E-mail: npqs@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:  
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency /MAFRA  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -ro, Gimcheon -si, Gyeongsangbuk -do, 39660, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82) 54 912 0628  
Fax: +(82) 54 912 0635  
E-mail: npqs@korea.kr