Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Proposed Amendments to the act on Promotion of Environment-friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management of and Support for Organic Foods.
| WTO code |
G/SPS/N/KOR/599 |
| Date notice |
29/05/2018 |
| Notice type |
Regular |
| Title |
Proposed Amendments to the act on Promotion of Environment-friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management of and Support for Organic Foods. |
| Summary |
The proposed amendments mainly focus on the following:
A. Revision of the terms, "environment-friendly agriculture and fisheries" and "organic" (Article 2 (Draft))
- Revise the definitions of the terms, "environment-friendly agriculture and fisheries" and "organic", focusing on agricultural environmental conservation, including the promotion of biodiversity and maintenance of healthy ecosystems, the objectives of environment-friendly agriculture and fisheries.
B. Addition of qualifications for the application for certification of organic food, etc. (Article 20 (Draft))
- A person whose products exceed the maximum residue limits of pesticides, by intention or gross negligence, and a person subject to a disposition of revocation three times shall be prohibited from applying for certification.
C. Addition of the suspension of qualification as certification auditors (Article 26-2 (Draft))
- If an auditor fails to comply with procedures and methods of certification or reaudit by intention or gross negligence.
- If an auditor delegates his/her certification service to the executive officer of a -certification body, etc.
D. Addition of grounds for disqualification of executive officers of certification bodies and specification of fine criteria (Article 26-3 (Draft))
- Executive officers of certification bodies who conducted certification duty, etc. on behalf of certification auditor or anyone who is responsible for certification duty
- The grounds for disqualification are revised to specify a fine of 1 million won or more to exclude a small fine.
E. Addition of the requirement for cancelling the designation of certification agencies (Article 29 (Draft))
- Revocation of the designation of a certified agency which received "poor" result for the three consecutive times following the evaluation on certification agencies.
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| Product |
Environment-friendly agricultural and fishery products, processed organic foods and materials for organic farming |
| Country |
Republic of Korea |
File attach:
NKOR599.pdf
Orther Notice: