. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/181 
7 August 2008 
 (08-3759) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
Gwacheon-si (city), Gyunggi-Do (province) Republic of Korea 427-719 
Tel: (+82) 2 500 2194 
Fax: (+82) 2 503 7277 E-mail: js1957@mifaff.go.kr
 
Website:  http://www.mifaff.go.kr 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   beef, pork, chicken, rice, 
Kimchi 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Republic of Korea 
Public gazette Issue 16786, July 7th 2008 (available in Korean, 4~6 pages), Issue 16787, July 
8th 2008 (available in Korean, 30~37 pages) 
6. Description of content:    
1. Republic of Korea has been enforcing labelling of  the country of origin at the restaurant 
where the size of service area is over 100 ㎡ for livestock products(beef, pork, chicken 
meat), rice and Kimchi according to the Food Sanitation Act. 
2. Recently the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MIFAFF) was 
added to the relevant authorities and the scope of the labelling was expanded to all 
restaurant regardless of its service ar ea under new relevant regulation which is 
Agricultural Products Quality Management Act  
2.1. applicable entities  
2.1.1.  beef, pork, chicken: regular diners, sn ack bars, contract cafeteria and mess 
hall registered according to Food Sanitation Law G/TBT/N/KOR/181 
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  2.1.2.  Rice, Kimchi ; regular diners, snack bars , and contract  cafeteria larger than 
an area of 100 m
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2.2. Applicable items and date of  entry into force  
2.2.1.  applicable products : beef, pork, rice, chicken and Kimchi 
2.2.2.  date of entry into force 
      - beef, rice : 8 July 2008 
      - pork, chicken, Kimchi : 22 December 2008 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish market and distribution order of  agricultural and livestock products and to 
provide correct information for purchase to consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Available in the internet homepage of Official Gazette 
(http://www.gwanbo.korea.go. kr/ Available in Korean) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }8 July 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   Any comments will be received w ithin 60 days from the date of  
notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Consumer Information and Food Safety Team 
Ministry for Food, Agricultur e, Forestry and Fisheries 
Tel.: (+82) 2 500 2194 Fax: (+82) 2 503 7277 E-mail: js1957@mifaff.go.kr