. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/306 
9 December 2008  
 (08-6065) 
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 Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Rabbit meat 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Amendment to the "Import Health requirements for 
Rabbit meat imported to Korea  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  1   
6. Description of content:   
The requirement for Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease is amended as follows: 
<before> There has been no outbreak of rabbit haemorrhag ic disease in the farm where rabbits have 
been raised for meat production during the past 12 months and vaccination against the 
disease has not been practised. 
<after> 
There has been no outbreak of rabbit haemorrhag ic disease in the farm where rabbits have 
been raised for meat production during the past 60 days. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] 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)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     G/SPS/N/KOR/306 
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  [   ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] 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:  Available in 
Korean 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Implemented on 3 December 2008.  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :      
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Implemented on 3 December 2008. 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
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:    
 Animal Health Division 
 Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
 Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2123 
 Fax:  +(82 2) 504 0908  E-mail:  hongko@mifaff.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
 Animal Health Division  
 Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
 Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2123  Fax:  +(82 2) 504 0908  E-mail:  hongko@mifaff.go.kr