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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/62
1 September 1999
(99-3633)
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, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Grain seeds (rice, wheat, barley, soybean, corn, red-bean, green-pea),
industrial crop seeds (peanut, sesame, rape), vegetable seeds (cucumber, oriental melon,
watermelon, pumpkin, gourd), and seed  tuber (potato, sweet potato).
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notification on the Designation of
the Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests, 8 pages.
5. Description of content:  The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is designating the
Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests for the products mentioned in Item 3 above in accordance
with the provisions of Article 2.4.b of the Plant Protection Act.  This Notification alsospecifies the tolerance level of contamination with the Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests for
example:
The tolerance level of Gibberella fujikuroi  in rice is 2.0 per cent for GGP seed, 5.0 per cent
for GP seed and 5.0 per cent for CP seed.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] 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 document is aligned with the
standards, guidelines or recommendations of IPPC.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Official Gazette
of the Government (in Korean).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/KOR/62
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11. Final date for comments:  30 October 1999
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Sustainable Agricultural Division, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry
Joongang-dong, Kwachon-shi, Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea
Tel: 82 2 503 7284/5
Fax: 82 2 507 3963
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Bilateral Cooperation Division, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry
Joongang-dong, Kwachon-shi, Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea
Tel: 82 2 503 7296/7
Fax: 82 2 507 2095E-mail: maf.bcd@maf.go.kr