1.

Notifying Member: Republic of Korea

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

3.

Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Living modified organisms (LMOs)

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners  

[ ]       Specific regions or countries:  

5.

Title of the notified document: Revised Consolidated Notice on the transboundary movements of living modified organisms  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 217

http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/KOR/14_0844_00_x.pdf

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Description of content:

1.       Modification and supplementation of the definitions of the principal terms;

2.       Classification of the relevant authorities' work scope;

3.       Modification of the risk assessment items, etc.

7.

Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests.  

8.

Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[ ]       Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)  

[ ]       World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)  

[ ]       International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[X]     None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[ ] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:  

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Revised Consolidated Notice on the transboundary movements of living modified organisms (available in Korean)

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): This notice will enter into force mid-April 2014 without domestic prior announcement of legislation.

[ ]       Trade facilitating measure  

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 19 April 2014

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Bio and Nano Technology Division

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

#402, hannuri-daero, Sejong-si

339-012

Republic of Korea

Tel: +(82) 44 203 4395

Fax: +(82) 44 203 4738

E-mail: kcheon@korea.kr

13.

Texts available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Documents are available from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy website at http://www.motie.go.kr.

Also available from:

Bio and Nano Technology Division

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

#402, hannuri-daero, Sejong-si

339-012

Republic of Korea

Tel: +(82) 44 203 4395

Fax: +(82) 44 203 4738

E-mail: kcheon@korea.kr