G/SPS/N/KOR/578  
 
29 September 2017  
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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 (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): Veterinary pharmaceutical products  
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 Evaluatio n for Veterinary Pharmaceutical Products . Language(s): Korean.  
Number of pages: 47 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/KOR/17_4383_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendments mainly focus on the following:  
Adding "the criteria of evaluation of safety and efficacy for animal cellular and gene 
therapy products."  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  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 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 propo sed regulation conform to the relevant international 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: 
APQA  Public Notice No. 2017 -288, 27 September 2017  (available in Korean)  G/SPS/N/KOR/578  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : November 2017 or later.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : November 2017 or later.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : November 2017 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) : 27 November 2017  
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(APQA)  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -Ro, Gimcheon -Si, Gyeongsangbuk -Do, 39660, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 54) 912 0532  
Fax: +(82 54) 912 0530  
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:   
Documents are available from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agencywebsite at 
http://www.qia.go.kr . Also available from:  
Veterinary Pharmaceutical Man agement Division  
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency(QIA)  
177, Hyeoksin 8 -Ro, Gimcheon -Si, Gyeongsangbuk -Do, 39660, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 54) 912 0532  
Fax: +(82 54) 912 0530  
E-mail: sejang@korea.kr