WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/KOR/10
8 June 2001
(01-2845)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Korea Food and Drug Administration – KFDA
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
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):   Herbal Medicines
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   A c c e p t a b l e
Specification and Test Method for Heavy Metals in Herbal Medicines (1 page, in Korean)
6. Description of content:   The present regulation to be applied except herbal medicines
originated from animals
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Insurance of safety through regulation of heavy metal content in herbal medicines
8. Relevant documents:   KFDA advance notice No. 2001-48 (available in Korean)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   June 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
International Trade and Information Office
Korea Food and Drug Administration
#5 Nokbun-Dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82-2-380-1647
Fax: +82-2-356-2893
Email: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr