RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS5/5/Add.1/Rev.1
G/SPS/W/27/Add.1/Rev.1
ORGANIZATION G/TBT/D/3/Add.1/Rev.1
G/AG/W/8/Add.1 /Rev.1
22April 1996
(96-1475)
Original: English
KOREA -MEASURES CONCERNING THE SHELF-LIFE OFPRODUCTS
Notification ofMutually Agreed Solution
Revision
Communication from theRepublic ofKorea
Thefollowing communication titled "Notification oftheCorresponding Harmonized System
Headings oftheProducts forwhich Shelf-Life Requirements were Removed from theKorean Food
Code asofOctober 1,1995", dated 26January 1996, from thePermanent Mission oftheRepublic
ofKorea iscirculated attherequest ofthatdelegation.
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1. Thisistoreplace theletterofOctober 12,19951through which theGovernment oftheRepublic
ofKorea notified theWTO Secretariat ofthecorresponding Harmonized System (HS)headings ofthe
products forwhich shelf-life requirements wereremoved fromtheKorean Food Code asofOctober 1,
1995.2
2. Theclassification method employed intheKorean Food Code isdifferent fromHScodification
initsbasicpurpose, nature, scope andcoverage. Therefore, itistechnically difficult todescribe products
intheKorean Food Code insuchawaythatperfectly matches theHScodes. Accordingly, insome
cases, thesame HScodewillinclude products forwhich ashelf-life requirement isremoved aswell
asother products forwhich ashelf-life requirement stillexists. Itisnecessary torefertothenotification
oftheproducts which remain subject toshelf-life requirements intheKorean FoodCode asofOctober 1,
19953.
1SeeWT/DS5/5/Add.1, G/SPS/W/27/Add.1, G/TBT/D/3/Add.1, G/AG/W/8/Add.1
2Notreproduced withthisdocument. Available forconsultation intheLegal Affairs Division (Office
No.2140)
3SeeWT/DS5/5/Add.2