. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/313 
12 February 2009  
 (09-0726) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  National Plant Quarantine Service, 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):  Dried persimmon fruit 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Christmas Is land, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Si ngapore, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, 
Vietnam), North America (United States*-State  of Hawaii, Lake Wood area of LA and 
Orange counties of California state), South America (French Guinea, Guyana, Suriname), 
Oceania (Australia, Nauru)  
* Consignment of dried pe rsimmon fruits from the United States requires additional 
declaration "produced from areas other than restricted area". 
5. Title of the notified document:  Emergency measures to prevent the introduction of 
Bactrocera dorsalis  species complex  Language:     Number of pages:       
6. Description of content:  Emergency measures for import of dried persimmon fruits 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Interception of a live 
male adult and others of Bactrocera dorsalis  from hand carried dried persimmon fruits 
imported from China 
9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] 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)    G/SPS/N/KOR/313 
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   [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the revelant international standard? 
 [   ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
6 February 2009 
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. 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:   
National Plant Quarantine Service/MIFAFF  
#433-1, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang 
Kyonggi-do, 430-016, Korea Tel:  +(82 31) 420-7665 Fax:  +(82 31) 420-7605 E-mail:  npqs@npqs.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:   
National Plant Quarantine Service/MIFAFF  
#433-1, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang Kyonggi-do, 430-016, Korea Tel:  +(82 31) 420-7665 
Fax:  +(82 31) 420-7605 
E-mail:  npqs@npqs.go.kr