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27 April 2021  
(21-3535) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 23 April 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Korea . 
 
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Add of prohibited hosts  
The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 
(MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has added host plants of Radopholus similis , one of the prohibited 
quarantine pests of Korea, which is based on the result of P est Risk Analysis (PRA).  
The import of living and fresh underground parts of Cercestis mirabilis  from the regions specified as 
below will be prohibited from the consignments with Phytosanitary Certificate, shipped on and after 
28 April 2021.  
− Products cover ed: Relevant parts of host plants (available in English, 1 page) associated with 
Radopholus similis  
− Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
• North America: Canada, Mexico, United States of America  
• Central America: All countries  
• South America: All countries  
• Africa: All countries  
• Asia: Brunei Darussalam, China (restricted areas: Guangzhou City, Maoming City and 
Shenzhen City in Guangdong Province, Fujian Province; and Hong Kong, China), India, 
Indonesia, Japan, Lebanese Republic, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, 
Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Yemen  
• Europe: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, 
Sweden, United Kingdom  
• Oceania and the Pacific: Austr alia (except Tasmania), Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Hawaiian 
Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Palau, Papua New 
Guinea, Polynesia, American Samoa, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/KOR/21_2935_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Modification of content and/or sco pe of previously notified regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of  regulation  
[ ] Change in period of application of measure  
[X] Other: Amendment of prohibited hosts  G/SPS/N/KOR/248/Add.19  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] Nation al Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs/MAFRA  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si, 30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 44) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(82 44) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs/MAFR A  
94 Dasom2 -ro, Government Complex -Sejong, Sejong -si, 30110, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 44) 201 2080/2081  
Fax: +(82 44) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr  
 
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