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Notifying Member: REPUBLIC OF KOREA

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

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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): Animal products

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: Proposed Amendments to Countries (Regions) Allowed for Import of Livestock Products and Import Sanitation Requirements. Language(s): Korean. Number of pages: 30

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/KOR/24_02654_00_x.pdf

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Description of content: This is to revise some provisions of the Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control, due to the establishment of the import sanitation assessment for animal products, by modifying the title of the related MFDS Notice, clarifying subject to the assessment and preparing import sanitation requirements for animal products:

-_        The title of MFDS Notice, the "Countries (Regions) Allowed for Import of Livestock Products and Import Sanitation Requirement", is replaced with the "Countries (Regions) Allowed for Import of Livestock Products and Animal Products, and Import Sanitation Requirements";

-_        Other meat and other egg products of the animal products prescribed by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety in the Notice indicates ostrich meat and ostrich eggs;

-_        The import sanitation requirements which both the governments and establishments exporting animal products to Korea shall comply with are added.

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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.

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Is there a relevant international standard? 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

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:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 14 June 2024

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 6 July 2024

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e‑mail address (if available) of other body:

International Cooperation Office

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

#187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Heungdoek-gu, Cheongju-si

Chungcheongbuk-do, 363-700, Korea

Tel: +(82 43) 719 1569

Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550

E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr

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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e‑mail address (if available) of other body:

Documents are available from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety website at http://www.mfds.go.kr. Also available from:

International Cooperation Office

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

#187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Heungdoek-gu Cheongju-si,

Chungcheongbuk-do, 363-700, Korea

Tel: +(82 43) 719 1569

Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550

E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr