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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/119
24 September 2002
(02-5124)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Korea Food and Drug Administration
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Food contact materials
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Establishment of
Standards and Specifications for Food Contact Materials
6. Description of content:
Establishment of the standard and specification for new polymers:
• Poly(cyclohexane-1,4-dimethylene terephthalate) (PCT)
• Ethylenevinylalcohol (EVOH)
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Code of Federal Regulations for Indirect Food
Additives, EU Directives
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Korea Food and
Drug Administration Adva nce Notice No. 2002-82, 17 September 2002 (Available in
Korean)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/KOR/119
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12. Final date for comments:  17 November 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Documents are available from the Kor ea Food and Drug Administration website
(www.kfda.go.kr).  Also available from:
Korea Food and Drug Administration
Food Packaging Division
#5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-ku
Seoul, 122-704, Korea
Tel:  +82-2-380-1695
Fax:  + 82-2-354-1399
E-mail:  dhjeon@kfda.go.kr