. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/357 
26 February 2010  
 (10-1088) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs 
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):  Health functional food 
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 Draft Amendment of the Enforcement Decree 
of the Health Functional Food Act & the Enfo rcement Rule of the Health Functional Food 
Act  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  84   
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Enforcement Decree of the Health Functional 
Food Act & the Enforcement Rule of the Health Functional Food Act: 
− To delegate authority on authorization of  manufacturing of the health functional food 
from the Commissioner of the Korea Food and Drug Administration (hereafter "KFDA") to the heads of regional KFDA; 
− To partially delegate authority on gui dance and supervision of manufacturing 
establishments from the Commissioner of KFDA to mayors and provincial governors; 
− To modify provisions on declaration of im porting business of the health functional food 
as authority on declaration of importing business of the health functional food is 
transferred from the Commissioner of KFDA to local governments;  and 
− To supplement required documents and speci fy declaration process when a business 
person changes  the location for business. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] 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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   G/SPS/N/KOR/357 
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  [ ] 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 proposed 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:  MW Public 
Notification 2010-36 (25 January 2010) and 2010-41(26 January 2010) published in the 
Korean Official Gazette (available in Korean). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  22 days after the date of notification 
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:   
Food Policy Division 
Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs 
110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7781~94 Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 E-mail:  anybody@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:    
Food Policy Division  
Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs 110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7781~93 
Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 
E-mail:  anybody@korea.kr