. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/259 
18 September 2007  
 (07-3912) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  National Plant Quarantine Service, Ministry of Agriculture and 
Forestry 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Wood packaging material exported from the Republic of Korea 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Australia 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Modification of Marking 
for Approved Measures fo r Wood Packaging Material 
6. Description of content:  The National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS), Ministry of 
Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Korea will modify the IPPC marking for wood 
packaging material as below.  
The symbol of a producer of the wood packagi ng material and registered serial number of 
stamp of the producer which are assigned by NPQS, are added in parenthesis, as example 
(ZZ-001), on the marking; 
 KR-OOO  
(ZZ-00 1) 
YY(or YYDB)
 
where ZZ: symbol of a producer assigned by NPQS 
 001: serial number of approved stamp of a producer 
- Both of the new marking and old mark ing are valid until enforcement. The  
 enforcement date will be notified. 
* This notification was notified to WTO TBT committee. G/SPS/N/KOR/259 
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  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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Administrative Order 
NPQS Pest Survey and Control Division-2260 (16 September 2007) (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  6 September 2007   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  Not necessary 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
 National Plant Quarantine Service/MAF 
 #433-1, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang  Kyonggi-do, 430-016, Korea 
 Tel:  +(82 31) 446 1926 
 Fax:  +(82 31) 445 6934  E-mail:  npqs@npqs.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 National Plant Quarantine Service/MAF 
 #433-1, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang 
 Kyonggi-do, 430-016, Korea 
 Tel:  +(82 31) 446 1926  Fax:  +(82 31) 445 6934  E-mail:  npqs@npqs.go.kr