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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/KOR/138 
11 July 2003 
 (03-3763) 
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:   National Plant Quarantine Service, 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):  All kinds of non-processed wood packagi ng material including  palette, crating, 
dunnage and packing block etc. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft of Quarantine 
Requirement of the Wood Packaging Material (available in Korean, 3 pages). 
6. Description of content: .  Wood packaging material imported into Korea from all countries 
must be treated and certified in accordance with the standards established in the International Standard for Phytosanitary M easures (ISPM) #15:  Guidelines for Regulating 
Wood packaging Material in International Tr ade or according to the manner approved by 
the National Plant Quarantine Service of the Re public of Korea.  In case of coniferous 
wood packaging material from USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, Taiwan and Portugal, 
distributing countries of pine wood nematode , only heat treatment will be approved. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
damage from pests  
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,  
[ 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:  Official Gazette (to be 
issued), 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/138 
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 12. Final date for comments:  20 August 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:   
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:  
 
 