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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/139
5 August 2003
(03-4121)
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:   Korea Food and Drug  Administration (KFDA)
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):  Foods
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
trading partners.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed draft
amendment of Inspection Guidelines for Imported Foods (available in Korean, 49 pages).
6. Description of content: .  The proposed draft is to improve the equity, rapidity and
effectiveness of imported foods inspection, implementing the revisions of the Enforcement
Regulation of the Food Sanitation Act.
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, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[  ] International Plant Prot ection 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:  The Korea Food and
Drug Administration Advan ce Notice No. 2003 (July 2003), (available in Korean only).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   September 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   September 2003G/SPS/N/KOR/139
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12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [  ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
International Trade and Information Office
Korea Food and Drug Administration5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 2 380 1733
Fax: +82 2 388 6392
E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [  ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
International Trade and Information Office
Korea Food and Drug Administration
5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 2 380 1733
Fax: +82 2 388 6392E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr