. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/384 
11 February 2011 
 (11-0722) 
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, Fo restry and 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):  Live aquatic organisms (fish, mollusc, crustacean, seaweed) 
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 amendment of the Aquatic Animal Diseases 
Control Act  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  27 
6. Description of content:  Taking relevant provisions of di sease control of the aquatic plants 
(seaweeds intended for farming) from the existi ng "Quality Control of the Fishery Products 
Act" and incorporating them all into the cu rrent "Aquatic Animal Diseases Control Act" 
established on 21 December 2007. 
Thereby, the name of the Act concerned is changed from "Aquatic Animal Diseases 
Control Act" to "Aquatic Organism Diseases Control Act". 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] 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)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
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   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 website of the Ministry fo r Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
(MIFAFF) ( http://www.mifaff.go.kr/ , available in Korean)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :    
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) :  31 December 2011 (one year from the date of publication) 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  12 April 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Aquaculture Industry Division 
Ministry for Food, Agriculture,  Forestry and Fisheries 
88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city 
Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2375 Fax:  +(82 2) 503 9128 
E-mail:  min60@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:    
Aquaculture Industry Division  
Ministry for Food, Agriculture,  Forestry and Fisheries 88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2375 
Fax:  +(82 2) 503 9128 E-mail:  min60@mifaff.go.kr