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27 July 2023  
(23-5132) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS)  
187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, Chungcheongbuk -
do, 28159  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: intmfds@korea.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Pharmaceuticals  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
amendments to the Enforcement Decree of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act; (10 page(s), 
in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  'Pharmaceutical Affairs Act' was revised (Act No. 19359, 
promulgated on Apr 18, 2023, enforced on Oct 19, 2023) with the matter concerning 
establishing periodic monitoring syst em for illegal sale, advertisement of pharmaceuticals 
online and requesting the provider to take a measure on the violation. The revision aims 
to compensate the inadequacies of the current operating system including preparing the 
entrust ground for reporti ng production·export·import performance of pharmaceutical, 
etc. while determining matters entrusted by law and matters necessary for their 
implementation including prescribing measures to notify consumers of illegal sales 
advertisement and designating moni toring agency and organization.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To complement the shortcomings of the current operating system  
8. Relevant documents:  MFDS NOTIFICATION No. 2023 -358, 20 July 2023  G/TBT/N/KOR/1159  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  40 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, R epublic 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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/KOR/23_11311_00_x.pdf  
 