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G/SPS/N/KOR/393 
3 August 2011 
 (11-3935) 
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, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency 
(QIA) of the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & 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):  Veterinary drugs in livestock products  for human consumption, such as 
milk and milk products, meat and m eat products, and egg and egg 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 draft of the Amendment of the Regulation on 
the Guidance on Evaluating the Residue of Veterinary Drugs  Language(s):  Korean  
Number of pages:  50 
6. Description of content:  This proposal is to amend the Regulation on the Guidance on 
Evaluating the Residue of Veterinary Drugs.  The proposed amendments are as follows: 
1. Procedure for the residue depletion stud y of veterinary drugs in food-producing 
animals; 
2. Procedure for the establishment of w ithdrawal periods for meat and milk; 
3. Procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in 
foods of animal origin. 
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:  
[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)    G/SPS/N/KOR/393 
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  [ ] 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 on the QIA website ( http://www.qia.go.kr ) (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:  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  1 October 2011 
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, Plant and Fisheries Quaran tine and Inspection Agency (QIA)  
Tel:  +(82) 31 467 4305 
Fax:  +(82) 31 467 4321 E-mail:  vetyj@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:    
Veterinary  Pharmaceutical Management Division  
Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quaran tine and Inspection Agency (QIA)  
Tel:  +(82) 31 467 4305 
Fax:  +(82) 31 467 4321 E-mail:  vetyj@korea.kr