. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/301 
24 November 2008  
 (08-5707) 
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:  National Fisheries Products Quality  Inspection Service (NFIS) under 
the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fish eries (MIFAFF) 
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):  Live aquatic animals for export and import 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  "The notice of quarantine 
methods and procedures of desi gnated aquatic animals for expor t and import" (available in 
Korean, 30 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFIS) 
under the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forest ry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) of the Republic 
of Korea is enacting "the notice of quarantine methods and procedures of designated aquatic 
animals for export and import" according to the Chapter 3 of the Quarantine of Aquatic 
Animals for Export and Import of the Aquatic Animal Diseases Control Act.  
The purpose of this notificati on is to inform the Member countries of the newly introduced 
measures. 
The main contents of the Announcement are as follows: 
1. The person who wants to import or export the designated quarantine items or a traveller 
who wants to bring the designated quarantine items into the country is subject to the 
quarantine services implemented by the NFIS. 
2. The imported item has to meet the standard s defined by the quarantine enforcement acts. 
3. The certificates issued by th e central government agency of the exporting country or  
local governments or association with the righ ts of delegation can be accepted as aquatic 
animal health (quarantine) cert ificates, and those certificates have to contain the level of 
details the OIE model certificate suggests, such as the scientific name of the item, wild/cultured stock, catching area, and aquaculture establishment name. 
4. The item that failed to pass the quarantine se rvices is to be shipped back or destroyed. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    G/SPS/N/KOR/301 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] 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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   To be available in the 
internet homepage of the NFIS ( http://www.nfis.go.kr , available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  Any comments could be received  for reference for the NFIS 
within 60 days after notification considering the Annex B of SPS Agreement. 
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: 
Quality Management Division   
National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFIS) 192-7, Joongsan-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyunggi-do (410-315), Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82) 31 976 3023 
Fax:  +(82) 31 976 3029 E-mail:  nokc9796@nfis.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: 
Quality Management Division 
National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFIS) 
192-7, Joongsan-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyunggi-do (410-315), Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82) 31 976 3023 Fax:  +(82) 31 976 3029 E-mail:  nokc9796@nfis.go.kr