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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/144
24 September 2003
(03-5054)
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:   Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
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):  Horse meat and its products
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
trading partner
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed Animal Health
Requirements for the importation of horse meat and its products into the Republic of Korea
(3 pages, available in Korean)
6. Description of content:  Quarantine and sanitary requirements for the importation of horse
meat and its products into the Republic of Korea
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] 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, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  In general, the document is aligned with the
Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OI E with a few additions where international
standards, guidelines or recommendations do not exist.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MAF Public Notice
No. 2003-93, 15 September 2003 (Available in Korean)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.G/SPS/N/KOR/144
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12. Final date for comments:  4 October 2003
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:
Animal Health Division
Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryNo. 1 Choongang-dong, Kwachon-shi
Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea 427-719
Tel:  82-2-500-1936
Fax:  82-2-504-0908
E-mail:  cvo@maf.go.kr
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Animal Health Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
No. 1 Choongang-dong, Kwachon-shi
Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea 427-719
Tel:  82-2-500-1936Fax:  82-2-504-0908
E-mail:  cvo@maf.go.kr