. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/175 
15 December 2004 
 (04-5521) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) 
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):  Feeds, Oxytetracycline HCl, Sulfametha zine, Sulfadimethoxin e, Kitasamycin, 
Thiopeptin, Bicosamycin, Hygromycin B, Destomycin A, Nystatin, Erythromycin, Decoquinate, Robenidin HCl, Carbadox, Amprolium, Ethopabate, Sulfaquinoxaline, 
Halofuzinone, Noxyheptide, Nicarbazine, Zoalene Methylbenzoquate, Ormethoprim, 
Ronidazole, Morantel citrate, Cyromazine, Roxasone, Cedecamycin, Ivermectin 
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:   Amendment to the Scope 
and Standards of Harmful Feeds (Available only in Korean, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This amendment aims to ensure safe production of livestock 
products by: 
- withdrawing the designation of the above mentioned animal drugs as feed additives; 
- adding several types of mycotoxins (Aflatoxin B1, G1 & G2, Ochratoxin A) and 
agricultural chemicals (10 items such as Ethion, Permethrin) into the list of environmental 
contaminants and agricultural chemic als that need to be controlled.  
* This Notification will also be notified to the WTO Secretariat in accordance with relevant 
provisions of the WTO/TBT agreement. 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plan t Protection Convention, [ X ] 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:  This amendment has 
been published in the Official Government Gazette (No. 15868, 10 December 2004) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   This amendment was adopted on 6 December 2004 G/SPS/N/KOR/175 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 May 2005 
12. Final date for comments:  28 February 2005 
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:    
Livestock Products Sanitation Division 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
Tel: +82-2-500-1927 
Fax: +82-2-503-0020 
E-mail:  jjl@maf.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: 
Livestock Products Sanitation Division 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
Tel:  +82-2-500-1927 
Fax:  +82-2-503-0020 
E-mail:  jjl@maf.go.kr