. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/378 
24 September 2010 
 (10-4871) 
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:  National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) of 
the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
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):  Livestock products for human consumpti on, such as milk and milk products, 
meat and meat products, a nd egg and egg products, etc. 
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 of the amendment to the Regulation on 
Declaration and Inspection of  Imported Livestock Products  Language:  Korean  Number 
of pages:  48   
6. Description of content:  This proposal seeks to amend the Regulation on Declaration and 
Inspection of Imported Livestock Products.  The proposed amendments are as follows: 
1. Designation of livestock products s ubject to distribution management and 
establishment of related procedures accordi ng to the introduction of a traceability 
system of livestock products. 
2. Setting-up procedures regarding returned  livestock products from foreign countries.
3. Setting-up procedures regarding re-decla ration of livestock products which are 
returned for declaration. 
4. Setting-up procedures for la boratory test according to the amendment of Appendix 
7 of the Enforcement Regulations of  Livestock Products Processing Act. 
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.    G/SPS/N/KOR/378 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] 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:  To be 
available in the internet homepage of NVRQS ( http://www.nvrqs.go.kr ) (available in 
Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
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:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  23 November 2010 
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:   
Quarantine and Inspection Division 
National Veterinary Research and  Quarantine Service Tel:  +(82) 31 467 1988 Fax:  +(82) 31 467 1717 
E-mail:  yoooil@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:    
Quarantine and Inspection Division  
National Veterinary Research and  Quarantine Service Tel:  +(82) 31 467 1988 Fax:  +(82) 31 467 1717 
E-mail:  yoooil@korea.kr