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16 June 2021  
(21-4935) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, 
Chungcheongbuk -do, 28159  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: intmfds@korea.kr  
Website: www.mfds.go.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food and 
Drug 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment of 
"Regulation on Evaluation of Food and Drug Testing and Inspection Agencies" (35 page(s), 
in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  For internationally harmonized operating systems of testing and 
inspection agencies, a modification shall be made to the terms and definitions, provisions 
and evaluation criteria for quality management standards of test ing and inspection 
agencies in accordance with the requirements for ISO 17025.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  Public Notice No.2021 -158 (14 April 2021)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Shall be enforced from the date of publication.  
* Only Schedule 4 and Schedule 5 shall be enforced from 1 July 2022.  G/TBT/N/KOR/969  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Korea WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro Maengdong -myeon Eumseong -gun 
Chungchungbuk -do  
27737  
+(82) 43 870 5525  
+(82) 43 870 5682 (Fax)  
tbt@korea.kr  
http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/KOR/21_4190_00_x.pdf  
 