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2 May 2024  
(24-3527) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
AGREEMENT REACHED BY A MEMBER WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES  
ON ISSUES RELATED TO TECHNICAL REGULATIONS, STANDARDS  
OR CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION  
Under Article 10.7 of the Agreement "Whenever a Member has reached an agreement with any other 
country or countries on issues related to technical regulations, standards or conformity assessment 
procedures which may have a significant effect on trade, at least one Member party to the agreement 
shall notify other M embers through the Secretariat of the products to be covered by the agreement 
and include a brief description of the agreement."  The follo wing notification under Article  10.7 has 
been received.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
2. Title of the bilateral or plurilateral Agreement:  Annex 8C (Sectoral Annex on Good 
Manufacturing Practice for Medicinal Products) of the Free Trade Agreement between 
the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the Republic of 
Singapore  
3. Parties to the Agreement:  Republic of Korea; Singapore   
4. Date of entry into force of Agreement:  1 May 2024   
5. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading):  Medicinal products; Good manufacturing practice (GMP) inspection  
6. Subject matter covered by the Agreement (technical regulations, standards or 
conformity assessment procedures):  Conformity assessment procedures  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:  This Agreement lays down the conditions under 
which one Party will accept the pharmaceutical GMP conformity assessment results 
(e.g. GMP inspection certificates) performed by the other Party's competent authority, 
and vice versa. This Agreement applies to GMP medicinal products for human use and 
facilitates  market access by eliminating technical barriers to trade with respect to 
medicinal products.  
8. Further information available from:  Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, Republic of 
Korea, 369 -811 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5315 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
 
 
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