. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/303 
24 November 2008  
 (08-5709) 
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 Fisheries Products Quality  Inspection Service (NFIS) under 
the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fish eries (MIFAFF) 
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):  Live aquatic animals for export and import 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  "The notice of the detail 
procedures on dispatched quar antine services of aquatic an imals from the exporting country" 
(available in Korean, 11 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFIS) 
under the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry  and Fisheries (MIFAFF) of the Republic of 
Korea is enacting "the notice of the detail procedures on dispatched quarantine services of 
aquatic animals from the exporti ng country" according to the Ch apter 3 of the Quarantine of 
Aquatic Animals for Export and Import of the Aquatic Animal Diseases Control Act.  
The purpose of this notificati on is to inform the Member countries of the newly introduced 
measures. 
The main contents of the Announcement are as follows: 
1. When the exporting country requests for dispat ched quarantine servic es before the import 
of the items, the dispatched quarantine office r can perform the quarantine services in the 
country.  The required expenses are to be paid by the requesting country. 
2. The items that have passed the dispatched qua rantine services have to be imported within 
7 days, and the quarantined items are under the supervision of the quarantine officer. 
3. The designated items that have passed the dispatched quarantine services are exempted 
from the precision inspection unless a specific sign is noticed. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    G/SPS/N/KOR/303 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] 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:   To be available in the 
internet homepage of the NFIS ( http://www.nfis.go.kr , available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  Any comments could be received  for reference for the NFIS 
within 60 days after notification considering the Annex B of SPS Agreement. 
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: 
Quality Management Division 
National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFIS) 192-7, Joongsan-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyunggi-do (410-315), Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82) 31 976 3023 
Fax:  +(82) 31 976 3029 E-mail:  nokc9796@nfis.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: 
Quality Management Division 
National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFIS) 
192-7, Joongsan-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyunggi-do (410-315), Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82) 31 976 3023 Fax:  +(82) 31 976 3029 E-mail:  nokc9796@nfis.go.kr