. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/317 
6 March 2009  
 (09-1173) 
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,  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):  Aquatic animals 
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:  Amended Ministerial Ordinance of the Aquatic Animal 
Diseases Control Act  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:   1   
6. Description of content:   
Amended contents: - Provisions of the following aquatic animal diseases subject to exemption of the 
attachment of the aquatic animal health certificate have been newly established.  
• OIE non-listed diseases: RBIV (Rockbream Iridovirus), VNN (Viral Nervous 
Necrosis), IPN (Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis) 
• OIE listed diseases which are present both exporting country and the Republic of 
Korea: RSIV (Red Seabream Iridovirus), IHHN (Infectious Hypothermal and 
Haematopoietic Necrosis) 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/KOR/317 
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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)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] 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:  Available in 
the internet homepage of MIFAFF http://www.mifaff.go.kr  (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  24 February 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  24 February 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  24 February 2009    
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
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:    
Aquaculture Industry Division 
Ministry for Food, Agriculture,  Forestry and Fisheries 
Tel:  +(82) 2 500 2375 Fax:  +(82) 2 503 4538 E-mail:  seojw@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 
Tel:  +(82) 2 500 2375 Fax:  +(82) 2 503 4538 E-mail:  seojw@mifaff.go.kr