. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/171 
14 March 2008 
 (08-1171) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
MIFAFF was launched on 29 February 2008 by me rging the Ministry of Agriculture and 
Forestry and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.   
Gwacheon-si (city), Gyunggi-Do (province) 
Republic of Korea 427-719 Tel:      (+82) 2 500 1925 Fax:      (+82) 2 503 0020 E-mail: yryoon@mifaff.go.kr
 
Website: http://www.mifaff.go.kr 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Cattle and beef 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:    
Act on the Traceability of Cattle and Be ef (available in Korean, 13 pages). 
6. Description of content:    
The National Assembly of the Republic of Kor ea promulgated the Act on the Traceability of 
Cattle and Beef on 21 December 2007. The Act will  enter into force within one year from the 
date of promulgation. This notif ication has the intention of the MIFAFF to inform the member 
countries of the newly introduced measures. Th e main contents of the Act are as follows:  
 
1. The Act is applied to cattle wh ich have been raised in Korea; 
 2. The owner of cattle must report the birth or death, import or export,  and transfer or 
acquisition (including the slaughter) of ca ttle to the Minister  of the MIFAFF; 
 
3. An identification number for every reported ca ttle will be given by the Minister and it will 
be informed to the owner of the cattle. The de signated ID number shall be attached to the 
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  4. The designated ID number shall be displaye d on the harvested beef by the meat processor 
or seller in order to trace the origin of the cattle. 
 
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is preparing the Enforcement 
Decree (Presidential Order) a nd Ordinance (Ministerial Order) of the above Act so that the 
related enforcement regul ations will be notified to the member countries in due course. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Food safety, animal health and  consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:   To be available in the intern et homepage of National Assembly 
(http://www.assembly.go.kr/index. jsp, Available in Korean) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    21 December 2007  
22 December 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   This notification is simply to inform the members of the 
legislative action of National Assembly. But, an y comments could be received for reference 
for the MIFAFF within 60 days after notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Livestock Products Sanitation Division 
Ministry for Food, Agricultur e,  Forestry and Fisheries 
Tel  :      (+82) 2 500 1925 
Fax :      (+82) 2 503 0020 
E-mail: yryoon@mifaff.go.kr