. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/291 
23 September 2010  
 (10-4821) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
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):  Cattle and beef 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment to the 
Enforcement Regulation and the Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Management of 
Distribution Record for Cattle and Beef (9 pages, in Korean). 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry for Food, Agricultur e, Forestry and Fisheries of 
Republic of Korea amended and promulgated the Act on the Management of Distribution 
Record for Cattle and Beef (Law No.10311, Promulgated on 25 May 2010 and to be entered 
into force on 22 December 2010).  The Act is to  improve the distributi on record management 
system for domestic cattle and beef currently in effect and extend the system to the imported beef  with a view to ensuring the safety of all the beef and beef products that are distributed in Korea.  Accordingly, matters mandated by the Act and matters necessary for the 
implementation of the Act ar e prescribed as follows.  
 Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Ac t on Record Management of Cattle and Beef 
• Provision of reasons for exemption from th e obligation to atta ch the distribution 
information list (ID tag) 
• Scope of the sellers of meat and by-produc ts who should report tr ansaction records of 
imported beef 
• Record-keeping period 
• Disclosure of beef  id entification information 
• Specification of financial support for the costs incurred by implementation of the 
system 
 Amendment to the Enforcement Regulation of Act on the Management of the Distribution 
Record for Cattle and Beef 
• Reduction of the time limit for re porting birth and attaching ear tag 
• Method and procedure for the registration  of identification and its notification G/TBT/N/KOR/291 
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  • Method, procedure and period for reporting transactions 
• Book-keeping of Distribution Record  
• Scope of person(s) to be provide d with the transaction record  
• Method for filing record-keeping book and transaction summary 
• Establishment of the record traceability system 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Enhancing the credibility of beef products  
8. Relevant documents:   Korean official government gazett e, Ministry for F ood, Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fisheries Noti ce No. 2010-322, No. 2010-323.  (available in Korean) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   } 22 December 2010 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after the date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  
Animal  Health Division 
Ministry for Food, Agricultur e, Forestry and Fisheries 
88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 
Republic of Korea 
Tel.:  +(82) 2 500 2076~7 Fax:  +(82) 2 504 0908 Email:  ysc0415@korea.kr