 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/168 
27 September 2004 
 (04-4023) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS), Ministry of Agriculture 
and Forestry 
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):  Strawberry seedling and propagative potato tuber 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
- Strawberry seedling: any trading partner 
- Propagative potato tuber: import allowance ar eas of Australia, Japan and the United States  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   The field inspection 
requirements for exporting countries to be exem pt from post-entry quarantine (available in 
Korean, 8 pages). 
6. Description of content:  The National Plant Quarantine Se rvice has established a new field 
inspection requirement for exporting countries to  be exempted from post-quarantine.  If 
any country does not wish to fulfill the following requirements, it can follow the existing 
procedures.  
Main points of the new requirements include: 
− time and method of field inspection; 
− time and method of lab test; 
− method of packing and labeling of exporting goods;  and 
− format of phytosanitary certification, etc. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal 
Health (OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] 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:  NPQS  Public 
Notification No. 2004-10, 28 August 2004 (available in Korean). G/SPS/N/KOR/168 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   28 August 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   28 August 2004 
12. Final date for comments:   
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
National Plant Quarantine Service/MAF 
433-1, Anyang 6-dong^ 
Anyang, Kyonggi-do 
Korea (R.) Tel: 82-31-446-1926 Fax: 82-31-445-6934 E-mail: npqs@npqs.go.kr
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 
 