. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/369 
12 August 2010  
 (10-4290) 
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:  National Fisheries Products Qualit y Inspection Service (NFIS) under 
the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
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):  Live aquatic animals (fish, molluscs, crustaceans) 
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 Amendment of the Notice of Quarantine 
Methods and Procedures of Designated A quatic Animals for Export and Import 
Language:  English  Number of pages:  2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/KOR/10_3114_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  According to "the notice of quara ntine methods and procedures of 
designated aquatic animals for export and import" , which is related to the chapter 3 of the 
Aquatic Animal Diseases Control Act - Quar antine of Aquatic Animals for Export and 
Import, NFIS has added designated aquatic  animals which correspond to Epizootic 
haematopoietic necrosis (EHN), Spring viraem ia of carp (SVC), Viral haemorrhagic 
septicaemia (VHS), etc. to the table 3 as att ached and proposed to enter into force on 
1 January 2011. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [X] 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)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None G/SPS/N/KOR/369 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] 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:  To be 
available in the internet website of the NFIS ( http://www.nfis.go.kr , available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 January 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Before 1 January 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 January 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  19 October 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:   
Quality Inspection Division 
National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFIS) 
1701, Jungsan-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do , 410-305,  Republic of Korea  Tel:  +(82) 31 929 4672 Fax:  +(82) 31 929 4666 E-mail:  smg1335@nfis.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Quality Inspection Division  
National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFIS) 1701, Jungsan-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do , 410-305,  Republic of Korea  Tel:  +(82) 31 929 4672 Fax:  +(82) 31 929 4666 E-mail:  smg1335@nfis.go.kr