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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/352/Add.1 
23 February 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 21 Fe bruary 2011, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the Republic of Korea
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Notice of Changes to the Proposed Import Health  Requirements for Natural Casings from Cloven-
hoofed Animals (MIFAFF Notice 2009-305 ) 
 The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry  and Fisheries (MIFAFF) of the Republic of 
Korea is advising the public of the Ministry's decision to modify the proposed import health requirements which were notified on 10 December  2009 (G/SPS/N/KOR/352).  After reviewing the 
comments received, MIFAFF has decided to modify th e import health requirements.  The key change 
has been removing the "prohibite d area for pork casings" subject to disinfection upon arrival in the 
Republic of Korea.  We are also allowing the export processing of ovine or caprine casings imported from Australia or New Zealand in the "prohibited ar ea for ruminant animals" subject to disinfection 
upon arrival in the Republic of Korea. 
 This notice is only available in Korean at:  Official Gazette:  10 February 2011 (Number 
17443) Notices pages 82-83.  To view online, go to http://gwanbo.korea.go.kr/main.jsp
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 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Official Gazette on 6 November 2009 
(MIFAFF Notice 2009-305), in which we solicited co mments for a proposal to newly establish import 
health requirements for natural casings from cloven-hoofed animals. 
 These modifications are not expected to have an impact on international trade, rather they are 
a step towards enhancing the trade and e ffectiveness of Korea's quarantine system. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    G/SPS/N/KOR/352/Add.1 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to 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: 
Quarantine Policy Division 
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2120 Fax:  +(82 2) 504 9427 E-mail:  jmlee135@korea.kr  
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Quarantine Policy Division 
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2120 Fax:  +(82 2) 504 9427 
E-mail:  jmlee135@korea.kr 
The full text of the modification is available on the MIFFAF website at http://www.mifaff.go.kr
, only 
available in Korean.  
 
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