G/SPS/N/KOR/669  
 
18 December 2019  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
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):  Foods (foods, food additives, apparatus, and containers and 
packages, functional health foods, livestock products)  
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 Amendments to the Regulation on Declaration 
and Inspection for Imported Livestock Products . Language(s):  Korean . Number of 
pages:  39 
6. Description of content:  The proposed draft is revised so that amendments to the 
"Standards and Specifications of Foods" will be automatically updated in the list of 
substances subject to import suspension . 
The proposed draft is revised to also approve electronic health certifica tes from the 
exporting country's government.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a re levant international standard? 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 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/KOR/669  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Administrative Notice of Ministry of   Food and Drug Safety No. 2019 -566, 
13 December  2019 (available in Korean)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Expected for adoption on February 2020 (To 
be determined).  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Expected for adoption on February 2020 (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) : 16 February 2020  
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:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National E nquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of  Food and Drug Safety website 
at http://www.mfds.go.kr .  
Also available from:    
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of  Food and Drug Safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, Chungcheongbuk -
do 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1564  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr