G/SPS/N/KOR/680  
 
14 April 2020  
(20-2856) 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:  The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), 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):  The pollen for pollination of Pomoideae, Prunus genus  and Rubus 
genus  plants which are host of Erwinia amylovora  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Canada, United States of America, Bermuda, 
Guatemala, Mexico, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanese Republic, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, 
Albania, Armenia, Austria,  Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, 
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, 
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North 
Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Belarus, Mol dova, Republic of, Serbia, 
Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, 
Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, New Zealand  
5. Title of the notified document:  Prohibited host and regions(countries) of E. amylovora . 
Language(s): . Number of pages:  
6. Description of content:  APQA prohibits the import of pollen for pollination of Pomoideae, 
Prunus genus  and Rubus genus  from the distributed regions (countries) of  E. amylovora . 
This decision is based on detection of E. amylovora from apple pollen for pollination 
imported to Rep. of Korea. Therefore, the import of pollen of host plants from the regions 
specified as above will be prohibited, shipped on and after 14 A pril 2020.  
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 urgent action:  Erwinia amylovora  
is a prohibited quarantine pest of Rep. of Korea. Therefore, the import of relevant parts 
of host plants of E. amylovora  has been prohibited. In previous measures, the pollen was 
not considered as a pathway for E. amylovora . However, E. amylovora  was detected from 
apple pollen for pollination during import inspection by APQA. Accordingly, emergency 
measures are enforced to prevent the introduction of E. amylovora  through pollen for 
pollination into Rep. of Korea b y PRA.  G/SPS/N/KOR/680  
 
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  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) : 
IPPC Article 7, ISPM 1, ISPM 11 and ISPM 20  
[ ] 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 language(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
14 April 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax n umber and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs/MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si, 30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(8244) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(8244) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@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:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs/MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si, 30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(8244) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(8244) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr