. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/266 
4 December 2007  
 (07-5345) 
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):  Livestock products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Draft 
Amendment of Enforcement Ordinance of Live stock Epidemic Prevention and Control Act 
6. Description of content:  MAF will amend Enforcement Ordi nance of Livestock Epidemic 
Prevention and Control Act, and the main amended contents are as follows:  
- The sterilized, pasteurized or  processed items are categoriz ed as designated commodities 
subject to quarantine in principle, and whether those items are exempt from quarantine shall be based on the scope and criteria of  sterilization, pasteu rization and processing 
defined by Director General of National Ve terinary Research and Quarantine Service. 
* MAF revises the existing regulation in orde r to make it clearer and to address the 
concerns that the existing re gulation is not effective in  dealing with BSE-related 
materials. 
- Some articles in Enforcement Ordinance of  Livestock Epidemic Prevention and Control 
Act, which relate to domestically a pplied sanitary meas ures, are amended. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health,  [   ] 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), [   ] 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 these are available:   Enforcement 
Ordinance of Livestock Epidemic Prevention and Control Act G/SPS/N/KOR/266 
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  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: 
Animal Health Division 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
Tel:  (+82) 2 500 1939 Fax:  (+82) 2 504 0908 E-mail:  kjj6908@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: 
Animal Health Division 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
Tel:  (+82) 2 500 1939 Fax:  (+82) 2 504 0908 E-mail:  kjj6908@maf.go.kr