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| World Trade
Organization |
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| G/SPS/N/KOR/386
23 March 2011 |
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| (11-1424) | |
| Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | Original: English |
NOTIFICATION
| 1. | Notifying Member: Republic of Korea
If applicable, name of local government involved: |
| 2. | Agency responsible: Korea Food and Drug Administration |
| 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): Equipments, containers and packages for food products |
| 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: Proposed amendments of Standards & Specifications for Equipments, Containers and Packages Language(s): Korean Number of pages: 26 |
| 6. | Description of content: The proposed regulation revises the Common Manufacturing Standards for Equipments, Containers and Packages and the material specification of food contact materials.
(1) Newly establishes, a regulation to ban the use of bisphenol A in the manufacture of infant feeding bottles. (2) Establishes migration limits for:
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| 7. | Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] 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: The Korea Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2011-21 (7 March 2011) (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): To be determined.
[ ] Trade facilitating measure |
| 12. | Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 22 May 2011
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: International Trade & Statistics Office Korea Food & Drug Administration #643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungbuk 363-951 Korea Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@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 Korea Food and Drug Administration website (http://www.kfda.go.kr). Also available from: International Trade & Statistics Office Korea Food & Drug Administration #643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungbuk 363-951 Korea Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr |