. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/328 
27 May 2009 
 (09-2557) 
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 of Knowledge Economy 
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):  LMOs 
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:  Proposed Revision of LMO Act  Language:  Korean  
Number of pages:  42 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) has proposed the 
following revision of the LMO act: 
1. Modification and supplementation of  the de finitions of the principal terms;  and 
2. Rationalization of the LMO approval process. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] 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)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ 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:  Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety G/SPS/N/KOR/328 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Enforcement 
decree No. 21214 (31 December 2008), MK E Enforcement regulation No.1 
(3 March 2008), Consolidated Notice MKE notice No. 2007-153 (27 December 2007) (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Propose 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 ):  26 July 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Biotech & Nanotech Division 
Ministry of Knowledge Economy #88 Gwanmoonro, Gwachoen-si, Gyeonggi-do  427-723  Republic of Korea   
Tel:  +(82) 2 2110 5666 
Email:  choong27@mke.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Documents are available from the Mini stry of Knowledge Economy website 
(http://www.mke.go.kr/info/law/makeLawVi ew.jsp?seq=39856&pageNo=3&srchType=1
&srchWord= ). 
Also available from: 
Biotech & Nanotech Division Ministry of Knowledge Economy #88 Gwanmoonro, Gwachoen-si, Gyeonggi-do 427-723 
Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82) 2 2110 5666 Email:  choong27@mke.go.kr