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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/98
3 August 2001
(01-3865)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  National Plant Quarantine Service, 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). Propagative and non-propagative materials of Alnus spp., Quercus spp.,
Lithocarpus spp., Huckleberry ( Vaccinium ovatum ), Rhododendron  spp., Madrone ( Arbutus
menziesii ), Bay Laurel ( Umbellularia California ).  Regions or countries likely to be
affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  United Kingdom, France, Austria,
Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and seven counties in the State of California of the
United States of America.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Tentative phytosanitary measures
to prevent the introduction of Sudden Oak Death and Alder Disease (2 pages, available in
Korean)
5. Description of content:  In order to prevent the introduction of those potentially injurious
diseases into Korea, the National Plant Quarantine Service tentatively prohibits the import
of all propagative and non-propagative materials of:
- Alnus  spp. from United Kingdom, France, Austria, Sweden, Germany and the
Netherlands where Alder Disease occurs,  and
- Quercus spp., Lithocarpus  spp., Huckleberry ( Vaccinium ovatum ), Rhododendron
spp., Madrone ( Arbutus menziesii ) and Bay Laurel ( Umbellularia California ) from
Germany, the Netherlands and seven counties in the States of California of theUnited States of America where Sudden Oak Death occurs.
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Recent reports of Sudden Oak Death (in California of
the United States, Germany and the Netherlands) and Alder Disease (in United Kingdom,
Sweden, Germany, France, Austria and the Netherlands) caused by an undescribed species
of Phytophthora , and further investigation identified the possible risk of spreading those
diseases via propagative and non-propagative materials.  With this information, theRepublic of Korea has taken the tentative measures to suspend the importation of all host
materials of the diseases from infested areas.G/SPS/N/KOR/98
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8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Article 6, Plant
Protection Act (available in Korean)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Applicable to the
consignments shipped to Korea on and after 16 August 2001.
11. Texts available from/and 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:
National Plant Quarantine Service/MAF
#433-1, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang,
Kyonggi-do, 430-016, KOREA
Tel:  +82-31-446-1926, Fax:  +82-31-445-6934,
E-mail:   npqs@maf.go.kr