 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/167 
14 September 2004 
 (04-3832) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 (MAF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Horse 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed draft 
amendment of Animal Health Requirements fo r the importation of horse into the Republic 
of Korea (available in Korean, one page) 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is proposing to amend 
the animal health requirements for the importation of horse as follows: 
- Clarification of the scope of animal health requirements for horse imports  
- Addition of sanitary requirement for West Nile virus disease   
- Amendment of sanitary requireme nt for Equine Viral Arteritis 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   In general, the document follows the Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code of OIE with a few except ions where international standards, guidelines 
or recommendations do not exist. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MAF Public Notice  
No. 2004-101, 1 September 2004 (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/167 
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 12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2004 
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:    
Animal Health Division  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
No.1 Choongang-dong, Kwachon-shi, Kyunggi-do, 427-719, Republic of Korea  Tel: 82-2-500-1936 Fax: 82-2-504-0908 
E-mail: cvo@maf.go.kr
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on 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, 427-719, Republic of Korea  Tel: 82-2-500-1936 
Fax: 82-2-504-0908 
E-mail: cvo@maf.go.kr
 
 
 