WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/374 
21 September 2010 
 (10-4778) 
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, Fo restry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Cattle and beef 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Amendment to the Enforcement Regulation and the 
Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Manageme nt of Distribution Record for Cattle and 
Beef  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  9 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the 
Republic of Korea amended and promulgated the Act on the Management of Distribution 
Record for Cattle and Beef (Law No.10311, pr omulgated on 25 May 2010 and to enter into 
force on 22 December 2010).  The Act is to improve the distribution record management 
system for domestic cattle and beef currently  in effect, and extend the system to the 
imported beef with a view to ensuring the safety of all the beef and beef products that are 
distributed in Korea.  Accordingly, matter s mandated by the Act and matters necessary for 
the implementation of the Act are prescribed as follows.  
- Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Record Management of 
Cattle and Beef: 
• Provision of reasons for exemption from the obligation to attach the distribution 
information list (ID tag); 
• Scope of the sellers of meat and by-pro ducts who should report transaction records 
of  imported beef; 
• Record-keeping period; 
• Disclosure of beef identification information; 
• Specification of financial support for the costs incurred by implementation of the 
system. 
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  - Amendment to the Enforcement Regulation of Act on the Management of the 
Distribution Record for Cattle and Beef   
• Reduction of the time limit for repor ting birth and attaching ear tag; 
• Method and procedure for the registration of identification and its notification; 
• Method, procedure and period for reporting transactions; 
• Book-keeping of Distribution Record; 
• Scope of person(s) to be provi ded with the transaction record; 
• Method for filing record-keeping book and transaction summary; 
• Establishment of the record traceability system. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  Korean 
Government's Official Gazette, Ministry fo r Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
Notice No. 2010-322, No. 2010-323 (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  22 December 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  22 December 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    G/SPS/N/KOR/374 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  20 November 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Animal  Health Division 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Tel: (+82) 2 500 2076~7 Fax:  (+82) 2 504 0908 E-mail:  ysc0415@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Animal  Health Division  
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 Republic of Korea 
Tel:  (+82) 2 500 2076~7 
Fax:  (+82) 2 504 0908 E-mail:  ysc0415@korea.kr