. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/199 
10 January 2006 
 (06-0067) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)  
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):  Plants and plant products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Draft 
Amendment of Enforcement ordinance of Pl ant Protection Act (Available in Korean, 
3 pages)  
6. Description of content:  MAF is proposing the amendment to Enforcement ordinance of 
Plant Protection Act. 
- The post-entry quarantine, so called isolated cultivation, may be exempted for the 
quarantine items with lower risk; 
- The Annex 1 on the prohibited plants or pl ant products, countries or regions and major 
concerned pests is amended as follows: 
9 Rhagoletis cingulata will be added to the major con cerned pests for prohibition of 
item 2 in the Table.  
9 The Sistan and Baluchistan Province of Ira n will be added to the list of prohibited 
regions as for Fresh fruits of pomegranate of item 2 because of Bactrocera zonata .  
9 Fresh vines, stems and leaves of cabbage  and black pepper will be deleted from 
prohibited plants of Article 4 taking into account the findings that they are not the 
hosts of Leptinotarsa decemlineata.  
9 Fresh vines, stems, leaves and fresh underground parts of Cuscuta  spp. will be 
added to the list of prohibited plants or  plant products of Article 5 because of Cylas 
formicarius.   
9 The areas of Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku of  Japan, Maldives, British Indian Ocean 
Territory, French Guiana and Paraguay will be added to the countries or regions of 
import prohibition of item 5 because of Cylas formicarius or Euscepes postfasciatus . 
9 Georgia will be added to the countries or regions of import prohibition of Article 8 
because of Peronospora tabacina .  
9 Brazil will be added to the countries or re gions of import prohibition of Article 10 
because of Citrus huanglongbing .  
9 Living and fresh underground parts of betel nut palm, coconut, C urcuma longa , 
carrot, Solanum nigrum , Dioscorea  spp. and Pyrus  spp. will be added to the list of 
prohibited plants or plant products of Article 12 because of Radopholus similis .  G/SPS/N/KOR/199 
Page 2  
 
 9 Mexico, Brunei, Israel, Lebanon, Oman, Si ngapore, Yemen, Italy, Netherlands, 
Poland and Slovenia will be added to the count ries or regions of import prohibition of 
Article 12 because of Radopholus similis .  
9 Vietnam will be added to  the countries or regions of import prohib ition of Article 13 
because of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus .  
9 Phytophthora  ramorum  will be added to the major c oncerned pests for prohibition, 
and importation of the host plants of this disease from where it is distributed, is prohibited (related to item 14 in the Table).  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MAF Public Notice 
No. 2005-152, published in the Korean Offi cial Gazette No 16159, 29 December 2005 
(Available in Korean)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  The effective date will be given upon publication of the 
final rule.  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days as of notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
 Agricultural Production and Management Division  
 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  The Republic of Korea  Tel:  +82-2-500-1772 
 Fax:  +82-2-507-3963 
 E-mail:  lsy@maf.go.kr  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
 Agricultural Production and Management Division  
 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  The Republic of Korea 
 Tel:  +82-2-500-1772 
 Fax:  +82-2-507-3963  E-mail:  lsy@maf.go.kr