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24 February 2022  
(22-1783) 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:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of Food and Drug safety website 
(www.mfds.go.kr ). Also available from:  
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, H eungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, 
Chungcheongbuk -do, 28159  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: wtokfda@korea.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  
Pharmaceuticals; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (HS 30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Partial 
Amendment of "The Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia" (5 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of Korea intends 
to revise the Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia as fol lows:  
[Attached Table 4.] Ⅳ. Pharmaceuticals each paragraph, Revised the total Polyphenol 
content of   'Grape Leaf Dry Extract' and 'Grape Leaf Dry Extract Capsules'  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Notification No. 2022 -93   by MFDS (Feb  17 , 2022)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  24 February 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  24 February 2022 ; To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  0 days from notification  G/TBT/N/KOR/1059  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of Food and Drug safety website 
(www.mfds.go.kr ).  
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: wtokfda@korea.kr  
 
Also available from  
Korea WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Technical B arriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro Maengdong -myeon Eumseong -gun 
Chungchungbuk -do  
27737  
+(82) 43 870 5521  
+(82) 43 870 5682 (Fax)  
tbt@korea.kr  
http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/KOR/22_1783_00_x.pdf  
 