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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/269/Rev.1 
16 April 2008  
 (08-1766) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Revision
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Mammalians, birds and their 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 
establishment of the Import Risk Analysis Pro cedure for the Importation of Animals and their 
Products (available in Korean, total 15 pages,  and in English (draft), total 10 pages) 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/KOR/08_1108_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/sps/KOR/08_1108_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
- To set up a procedure used in import risk analysis which should be conducted before the 
determination is made whether to allow imports or not. 
- To describe the general contents of the ques tionnaire which have to be answered by the 
exporting countries. 
- Import risk analysis for regionaliza tion should be based on this procedure. 
*The original draft was notified to WTO on 14 December 2007, but after receiving some 
comments, it is revised in some articles. 
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, [ X ] 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:     G/SPS/N/KOR/269/Rev.1 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Available in Korean 
and English (draft) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Implemented on July 2008. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Implemented on July 2008. 
12. Final date for comments:  The comments on this notice shoul d be received no later than 
14 June 2008. 
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 for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries  Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2123  Fax:  +(82 2) 504 0908 
 E-mail:  hongko@mifaff.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
 Animal Health Division  
 Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries  Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2123 
 Fax:  +(82 2) 504 0908 
 E-mail:  hongko@mifaff.go.kr