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G/SPS/N/KOR/328/Rev.1 
15 July 2011 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Knowledge Economy 
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):  Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) 
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:  Proposed Revision of LMOs Act  Language(s):  Korean  
Number of pages:  21 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) has proposed the 
following revision of the LMO Act: 
1. Modification and supplementation of the definitions of the principal terms; 
2. Rationalization of the LMOs' risk assessment and import approval process. etc. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
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)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/KOR/328/Rev.1 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Revised Act 
on Transboundary Movements of Living Modified Organisms, etc. (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
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) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  13 September 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Biotech & Health Division 
Ministry of Knowledge Economy #88 Gwanmoonro, Gwachoen-si, Gyeonggi-do  427-723  Republic of Korea   
Tel:  +(82) 2 2110 4763  
Fax.:  +(82) 2 503 9492 E-mail:  mare529@mke.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Biotech & Health Division 
Ministry of Knowledge Economy 
#88 Gwanmoonro, Gwachoen-si, Gyeonggi-do  
427-723  Republic of Korea   Tel:  +(82) 2 2110 4763  Fax:  +(82) 2 503 9492 E-mail:  mare529@mke.go.kr