Proposed amendment to the "Aquatic Organism Disease Control Act"

Regular notification 2023-01-06
G/SPS/N/KOR/771

Description

To revise the Aquatic Organism Disease Control Act as follows:
(1) To introduce the registration system of domestic establishments to export aquatic animals and to develop new standards to control aquatic diseases for export; 
(2) To introduce the registration system of foreign establishments and to establish a legal basis for on-site inspection conducted overseas;
(3) To complement a legal basis to take actions on prohibited imports; and
(4) To complement other requirement details for domestic disease control processes.

Keywords

Animal diseases; Animal health