RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS5/5/Add.2
G/SPS/W/27/Add.2
ORGANIZATION G/TBT/D/3/Add.2
G/AG/W/8/Add.2
22April 1996
(96-1476)
Original: English
KOREA -MEASURES CONCERNING THE SHELF-LIFE OFPRODUCTS
Notification ofMutually Agreed Solution
Communication from theRepublic ofKorea
Addendum
Thefollowing communication titled "Notification oftheCorresponding Harmonized System
Headings oftheProducts which Remain subject toShelf-Life Requirements intheKorean Food Code
asofOctober 1,1995", dated 26January 1996, fromthePermanent Mission oftheRepublic ofKorea
iscirculated attherequest ofthatdelegation.
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1. Inaccordance withtheagreement regarding theshelf-life issue between theGovernment of
theRepublic ofKorea andtheGovernment oftheUnited States ofAmerica which wasnotified tothe
WTO Dispute Settlement Body andother Committees concerned onJuly20,1995, theGovernment
oftheRepublic ofKorea notifies theWTO Secretariat ofthecorresponding Harmonized System (HS)
headings ofalloftheproducts which remain subject toshelf-life requirements intheKorean Food
Code asofOctober 1,1995. Thelistofthose products isattached hereto1.
2. Some products included intheattached listaredescribed inthesame HSheadings asthose
ofcertain products included inthelistofproducts notified totheWTO Secretariat onOctober 12,
1995, forwhich shelf-life requirements intheKorean Food Code wereremoved asofOctober 1,1995.
ThisisduetothefactthattheHScodification isdifferent from theclassification method employed
intheKorean Food Code initsbasic purpose, nature, scope andcoverage. Therefore, theKorean
government wishes tomake itclearthatthisnotification doesnotaffect thestatus oftheproducts notified
totheWTO Secretariat onOctober 12.
3. Inaccordance withtheterms oftheagreement noted inParagraph 1,theKorean government
will,nolaterthanMarch 31,1996, eliminate allshelf-life requirements forevery product included
inthefollowing categories ontheattached listandremove suchrequirements fromtheKorean Food
Code:
Butters (Category 4-10);
Natural Cheeses (Category 4-11);
Processed Cheeses (Category 4-12);
Infant Foods (Category 12-1); and
Infant Formula (Category 12-3).
1Notreproduced withthisdocument. Available forconsultation intheLegal Affairs Division (Office
No.2140).