. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/340 
11 August 2009 
 (09-3852) 
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:  Korea Food and Drug Administration 
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):  Apparatus, containers and packages for food 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 Amendments to Standards & Specifications for  
Equipments, Containers and Packages  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  196 
6. Description of content:  This proposal improves classi fication in Standards and 
Specifications for Equipments, Containers and Packages by separating manufacturing 
standards from general standards and by estab lishing specifications according to intended 
use. 
With the number of synthetic polymers reduced from 41 to 37, some provisions in Material 
Standards on Synthetic Polymers are removed or integrated. 
This draft regulation also raises migration limits for: 
− terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid in poly (butylene terephthalate) (PBT); 
− bisphenol A in polyarylsulfone (PASF); 
− terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, bisphenol A in polyarylate (PAR);  and 
− terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid in poly (c yclohexane-1,4-dimethylene terephthlate) 
(PCT). 
Migration specifications are strengthened by in cluding water, 20% ethanol and n-heptane in 
addition to 4% acetic acid in the list of f ood simulants for non-volatile residues test that 
may be used depending on types of food th at comes into contact with equipments. 
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/340 
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  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)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] 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:  The Korea 
Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2009-204 (24 July 2009) (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) :  10 October 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
International Trade & Statistics Office  
Korea Food & Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu Seoul, 122-704 Korea 
Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 
E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website 
(http://www.kfda.go.kr ).  Also available from:  
International Trade & Statistics Office  
Korea Food & Drug Administration 
#194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu Seoul, 122-704 Korea Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr