WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/KOR/73 
3 June 2004 
 (04-2372) 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Korea Food and Drug Administration 
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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Medicines, herb 
medicines, etc. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Revision of 
the Regulations on Management of Imported Pharmaceuticals, Etc. 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this revision is to prohibit inferior herb medicines 
from being distributed in the market by introducing changes to the system to require that 
quality tests of herbal medicines be co mpleted prior to custom clearance. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
- Prevention of distribution of inferior herb medicine 
- Improvement of public health 
8. Relevant documents:   The Korea Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice 
No. 2004-15, 4 March 2004 (Available in Korean only) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   1 July 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
International Trade and Legal Affairs Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
#5, Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-ku 
Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea  Tel.: +82 2 380 1661 Fax: +82 2 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr 
 