. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/265 
7 November 2007  
 (07-4841) 
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 numb er(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 :  All 
countries and regions 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Draft 
Amendment of Enforcement ordinance of Plant Protection Act (available in Korean, 2 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The MAF will amend the annex 1 (Prohibited plants or plant 
products, countries or regions a nd major concerned pests) in Enforcement Ordinance of the 
Plant Protection Act as follows.  
- Anastrepha distincta, A. pseudopar allela, A. striata, Bactrocer a cucumis, B. fraunfeldi, B. 
kraussi, B. murrayi,  B. opiliae and Grapholita prunivorana  will be added to the major 
concerned pests for prohibition of item 2 of the Annex. 
- Fresh  living underground parts of Philodendrona spp., Maranta spp., Stromanthe spp., 
Ctenonthe spp., Persea spp., St relitzia spp. and Jasminum spp.  will be added to the list of 
prohibited plants or plant products  of item 12 because they have  been identified as hosts of 
Radopholus citrophilus  or R. similes .  
- Australia  (except Tasmania), Palau, Guam, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon 
Islands will be added to the countries or regi ons of import prohibition of item 12 because 
the existence of Radopholus citrophilus  or R. similes has been identified in these areas. 
- Plant s for planting (except seeds) such as nursery stocks (inc luding parent stem), scions, 
cuttings and undebarked wood of Acer pseduoplatanus, Aesculus hippocastanum, 
Adiantum aleuticum, A. jordanii, Ca stanea sativa, Fagus sylvatica, Frangula 
purshiana(=Rhamnus purshiana), Kalmia spp. , Laurus nobilis, Michelia doltsopa, 
Parrotia persica, Pieris spp., Salix caprea, Syringa vulgaris and Tasus baccata  will be 
added to the list of prohibited plants or plan t products of item 14 because they have been 
identified as hosts of  Phytophthora ramorum . 
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  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 th ese are available:   The Proposed Draft 
Amendment of Enforcement ordinance of Plant Protection Act (available in Korean, 2 pages) 
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 after the date 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 
 Republic of Korea 
 Tel:  +(82 2) 500 1777  Fax:  +(82 2) 507 3963  E-mail: kghun@maf.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion 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 
 Republic of Korea  Tel:  +(82 2) 500 1777  Fax:  +(82 2) 507 3963  E-mail: kghun@maf.go.kr