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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/91
18 April 2001
(01-1950)
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:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Straw and forage  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:  Any country that is not eligible to export its live cloven-hoofed
animals and/or their meats to the Republic of Korea (specified in the notification)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  MAF Public Notice No. 2001-5:
Proposed animal health requirements for straw and forage from foreign country (3 pages)
5. Description of content:  The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is proposing animal
health requirements on the imported straw and forage that shall be inspected and disinfected
by the exporting country.  Those requirements are to be introduced in order to preventintroduction of exotic animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease through those
products into the Republic of Korea.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  In general, the measures to be taken under this
regulation are based on the International Animal Health Code of the OIE.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry Notice No. 2001-5 (a lready published in the Korean Official
Government Gazette No. 14703, available in Korean)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  14 April 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/KOR/91
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11. Final date for comments:  14 April 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Animal Health Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
No. 1 Choongang-dong, Kwachon-shi
Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea 427-719
Tel:  (822) 500 1934
Fax:  (822) 504 0908
E-mail:  leejh@maf.go.kr
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: