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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/74
6 October 2000
(00-4097)
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
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Animals and animal products
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Amendment to the Livestock
Epidemics Prevention and Control Act (LEPCA) (27 pages)
5. Description of content:  The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is proposing to amend
the LEPCA.  The proposed revisions are, among others:
− To include into Article 25 Paragraph 1 "the company of overland transportation"
which shall be required to submit the cargo manifest (list of quarantine articles) to
the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) before or upon
arrival at the border post.  Currently, the company of ship or aircraft transportationshall be subject to this provision.
− To introduce a provision to charge fees involved in the quarantine and inspection as
well as the domestic control.
6. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The OIE International Animal Health Code
provides in Chapter 1.4.5 the relevant requirements for advance notification on arrival.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MAF Public Notice
No. 2000-87, Official Gazette No. 14601 (Available in Korean)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/KOR/74
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11. Final date for comments:  5 December 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:   
Animal Health Division
Livestock Bureau
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
#1, Joongang-dong, Kwachonsi, Kyunggido
Republic of Korea
Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2693
Fax:  +(82 2) 504 0908
E-mail:  leejh@maf.go.kr
12. Texts available from: [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: