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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.5 
12 June 2009 
 (09-2877) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 10 June 2009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the Republic of Korea
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Amendment of Quarantine Pest List
 
 
The National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS), Mi nistry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries in the Republic of Korea, has amended th e quarantine pest list which is based on the result 
of a Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) and in accordance with the provisions of Articles 4 and 8 of the 
Ministerial Ordinance of the Plant Protection Act.  The NPQS notified to add 39 quarantine pest 
species as attached.  
Attachment:  List of quarantine pest species, which will be added after 60 days of comment 
period. 
 
This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments  [   ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  [ X ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
  Amendment of quarantine pest list (addition of 39 pest onto the previously notified 
list; G/SPS/N/KOR/212, G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.1-4) 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [  ] Other:   
 
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.)  
 [ X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  11 August 2009 
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  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
: 
 
National Plant Quarantine Service/MIFAFF #433-1, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang 
Kyonggi-do, 430-016, Korea 
Tel:  +(82 31) 420 7665 Fax:  +(82 31) 420 7605 E-mail:  npqs@npqs.go.kr   Text available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
National Plant Quarantine Service/MIFAFF #433-1, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang 
Kyonggi-do, 430-016, Korea 
Tel:  +(82 31) 420 7665 Fax:  +(82 31) 420 7605 E-mail:  npqs@npqs.go.kr   G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.5 
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  ATTACHMENT 
 
List of Quarantine Pest Species (39 species) added in 2009  
  
No. Scientific name Group 
1 Asperisporium caricae  Fungus 
2 Botryodiplodia caricae  Fungus 
3 Cercospora papayae  Fungus 
4 Mycosphaerella caricae  Fungus 
5 Oidium caricae-papayae  Fungus 
6 Ovulariopsis caricae  Fungus 
7 Phyllactinia papayae  Fungus 
8 Papaya leaf curl virus  Virus 
9 Tomato torrado virus  Virus 
10 Coptotermes sjostedti Holmgren  Insect 
11 Paratettrix mexicanus  (Saussure)  Insect 
12 Fulvius dimidiatus Poppius I n sect 
13 Aphis ruborum  (Börner) Insect 
14 Dialeurodes kirkaldyi  (Kotinsky) Insect 
15 Pealius mori  (Takahashi) Insect 
16 Singhiella simplex  (Singh) Insect 
17 Malanaspis rhizophorae  (Cockerell) Insect 
18 Ectinus minimus Platia Insect 
19 Anthrenocerus australis  (Hope) Insect 
20 Sinoxylon crassum  Lesne Insect 
21 Prometopia quadrimaculata Motschulsky  Insect 
22 Cathartosilvanus opaculus (LeConte)  Insect 
23 Atomaria curtula  Casey Insect 
24 Litargus balteatus  LeConte Insect 
25 Enaphalodes rufulus  (Haldeman) Insect 
26 Megacyllene caryae (Gahan)  Insect 
27 Neoclytus rufus (Olivier)  Insect 
28 Lema dilecta  Baly  Insect G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.5 
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  No. Scientific name Group 
29 Phyllotreta pallidipennis  Reitter  Insect 
30 Conorhynchus conirostris (Gebler)  Insect 
31 Otiorhynchus singularis (Linnaeus)  Insect 
32 Pityophthorus juglandis B l a ck man Insect 
33 Torostoma apicale Broun  Insect 
34 Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus (Beck)  Insect 
35 Monomorium antarcticum  (Smith)  Insect 
36 Merophyas divulsana (Walker)  Insect 
37 Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimic  Insect 
38 Aculops fuchsiae Keifer  Mite(Acari) 
39 Cernuella virgata (Da Costa)  Snail(Gastropoda) 
 
 
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