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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/KOR/13 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Biodiversity and ecosystem, Natural resources…
Biodiversity and ecosystem, Natural resources conservation
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Import licences | Agriculture, Fisheries, Other | Act on Access to and Utilization of Genetic…
Act on Access to and Utilization of Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing - Ministry of Environment
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/KOR/13 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Import licences | Other | Act on Protective Action Guidelines Against…
Act on Protective Action Guidelines Against Radiation in the Natural Environment - Nuclear Safety And Security Commission
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Import Licensing Procedures | G/LIC/N/3/KOR/13 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Import licences | Chemicals, Manufacturing, Other | Wastes Control Act - Ministry of Environment |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/KOR/678 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "…
Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Standards and Specifications for Food Utensils, Containers and Packages".
1. The common manufacturing standards are revised. 2. The standards for using of recycled synthetic resins are revised. 3. The common specifications, the usage specifications and the suitability determination of standard and specifications are revised. 4. The test methods are revised. |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/KOR/685 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Animal protection, MEAs implementation and…
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and compliance
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Ban/Prohibition | Other | Notice of the ME on the temporary import…
Notice of the ME on the temporary import restriction of wild animals considered possible intermediate hosts for COVID-19 transmission.
The restriction on import into Korea as follows: • Wild animals that are considered possible intermediate hosts for CIVID-19 transmission, including Snakes (suborder Serpentes), Bats (order Chiroptera), Racoons, Budgers, Civet cats (family Viverridae), Pangolins (family Manidae) . • However, regarding CITES-listed species, in situations where the exporter provides a sanitary certificate (a veterinary export certificate), which will prove the animal does not carry the virus, through more thorough inspections, the import permit into Korea may be issued by the Ministry of Environment. |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/KOR/700 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, Environmental protection from pests and diseases
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Ban/Prohibition | Other | The restriction on import into Korea as follows:
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The restriction on import into Korea as follows:
In compliance with Article 34-10 and Article 44-8 of Enforcement Rules of the Wildlife Act, the major wildlife diseases which require to be under quarantine, or control of access, or to be destroyed are tuberculosis, AI, rabies, hog cholera, and ASF among others. In this regard, the Ministry of Environment of the ROK requires every import for wildlife which can transmit 9 diseases, including beta coronavirus to receive prior approval in a bid to protect the ecosystem and the health of humanity from wildlife diseases. Wildlife additional to this list includes 10,809 species, including 2 orders and 24 families. For more information, please refer to the attached file including scientific names. This excludes livestock and pets, which are the responsibility of Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea (MAFRA) . |
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Trade Facilitation | G/TFA/N/KOR/1/REV.1 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Plant protection, Waste management and recycling
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Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
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Chemicals, Other | Licence, permit and/or certificate for import,…
Licence, permit and/or certificate for import, export and/or transit (Ministry of Environment): Chemical, Hazardous Chemicals, Hazardous Chemical, Wastes, Hazardous Waste, Endangered Wild Life, Globally Endangered Wildlife
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/KOR/877 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Ozone layer protection | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Amendment of particular requirements for air…
Amendment of particular requirements for air-cleaning appliances.
Particular requirements for air-cleaning appliances (KC 60335-2-65) will be amended to strengthen safety controls. A new proposal requires the industry to indicate a warning notice about ozone gas emissions from the products. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/KOR/881 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Waste management and recycling
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Technical regulation or specifications | Other | Amendments to the notification of items of waste…
Amendments to the notification of items of waste subject to the Act on the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and their disposal.
We are trying to delete the exemption of waste export and import declaration for those who want to import and export waste paper that is contaminated with oil or contains foreign substances. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/KOR/882 | Korea, Republic of | 2020 | Sustainable agriculture management, Sustainable…
Sustainable agriculture management, Sustainable fisheries management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture, Fisheries | Proposed Amendments to the enforcement decree of…
Proposed Amendments to the enforcement decree of the act on Promotion of Environment-friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management of and Support for Organic Foods.
A. Developing new detailed guidelines for calculation of expenses in relation to penalty surcharges to habitual violations and detailed standards for collection of such expenses (Article 3-2, Table 1 (draft)) - Prescribing detailed matters regarding imposing and collection of penalty surcharges as laying the basis for imposing penalty surcharges B. Developing detailed standards for placing administrative fines the amendments contains subdividing of upper limit (Table 2 (draft)) - Setting specific standards for imposing administrative fines concerning those violated and importance of matters under the amendments to the act, in particular upper limit of administrative fines C. Amending regulations on delegation of authority of each agency under the amendments to this act (Article 5 (draft)) - Developing specific regulations on delegation including research and evaluation on actual conditions of agricultural and fishery resources and environment, designation of and monitoring agency for education and training, imposing and collection of penalty surcharges. |
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