RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.100
5April 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0826)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: REPUBLIC OFKOREA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry andFisheries (MAFF)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Agricultural cropseeds
asfollows: HS1006-10-0000, 1003-00-9010, 1003-00-9020, 1001-90-9010, 1201-00-
0000, 0701-10-0000, 0714-20-1000, 1005-10-0000, 0713-32-1000, 1008-20-1000, 1007-
10-0000, 1008-10-0000, 1202-10-0000, 0713-31-1000, 1207-40-0000, 1207-99-1000,
1205-00-0000, 1002-00-1000
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Simplifying Import Procedures for
Agricultural Seeds
6. Description ofcontent: Imports ofagricultural seeds have, sofar,onlybeenallowed to
those withthepermission oftheMinister oftheMAFF. Under theproposed system,
those seeds listed inNo.4canbeimported onthefollowing conditions: Theimporters
present aseedcertificate issued bytheseedinspection agencies inexporting countries
recognized byinternational seedtesting institutes. Ifimporters cannotpresent the
certificate, theyshould havetheseedinspected bytheKorean seedauthority.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection offarmers
8. Relevant documents: Official Gazette No.12923 dated 23January 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 9May1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Agricultural Machinery andMaterials Division, Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry
andFisheries, 1Jungang-dong, Kwachon, Kyunggi-do, 427-760 Republic ofKorea
Tel: 02-503-7228 Fax: 02-507-3963