. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/364 
22 June 2010 
 (10-3394) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health & Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Health Functional Food 
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 Draft Amendments of the Health Functional 
Food Act, the Enforcement Decree of the H ealth Functional Food Act & the Enforcement 
Rule of the Health Functional Food Act  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  68   
6. Description of content:   
• To introduce reassessment system on the func tional materials of health functional foods 
• To abolish fines for negligence on busin ess operators who do not repair facilities 
according to order to repair facilities issued by KFDA (only business suspension charged) 
• To repeal business suspension on business operators who do not keep  the written 
results of self-quality inspection (only fines for negligence charged) 
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 relevant international stan dard?  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 G/SPS/N/KOR/364 
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  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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Official 
document of the Ministry of Health & Welfare (7 June 2010) (available in Korean) 
When adopted, this amendment will be pub lished in the Korean Official Gazette. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  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) :  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) :  21 August 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Food Policy Division 
Ministry of Health & Welfare  110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7782 
Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 
E-mail:  tag1@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Food Policy Division  
Ministry of Health & Welfare  110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7782 
Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 E-mail:  tag1@korea.kr