RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS3/1
6April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0844)
Original: English
KOREA -MEASURES CONCERNING THE TESTING AND
INSPECTION OFAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Request forConsultations bytheUnited States pursuant toArticle XXII
oftheGATT 1994, Article 11oftheAgreement ontheApplication of
Sanitary andPhytosanitary Measures, Article 14ofthe
Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade and
Article 19oftheAgreement onAgriculture
Thefollowing communication dated 4April 1995 fromtheOffice oftheUnited States Trade
Representative inGeneva tothePermanent Mission oftheRepublic ofKorea iscirculated inaccordance
withArticle 4.4ofDSU.
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Myauthorities haveinstructed metorequest consultations withtheGovernment oftheRepublic
ofKorea pursuant toArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement
ofDisputes ("DSU"), Article XXII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, Article 11
oftheAgreementontheApplicationofSanitaryandPhytosanitaryMeasures,Article14oftheAgreement
onTechnical Barriers toTrade, andArticle 19oftheAgreement onAgriculture regarding themeasures
oftheRepublic ofKorea concerning thetesting andinspection ofimported agricultural products.
Thesemeasuresimposetestingandinspectionrequirementswithrespecttoimportsofagricultural
productsfromtheUnitedStatesandotherMembersoftheWorldTradeOrganizationthatrestrictimports
ofthose products andappear tobeinconsistent withtheobligations oftheRepublic ofKorea under
theGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, theAgreement ontheApplication ofSanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures, theAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade, andtheAgreement on
Agriculture. Theprovisions ofthese agreements withwhich these measures appear tobeinconsistent
include, butarenotlimited to,thefollowing:
(i) General Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 Article IIIorArticle XI;
(ii) AgreementontheApplicationofSanitaryandPhytosanitaryMeasures,Articles2and5;
(iii) Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade, Articles 5and6;and
(iv) Agreement onAgriculture, Article 4.
Thisisacaseofurgency because theproducts concerned areperishable. Accordingly, pursuant
toArticle 4.8oftheDSU, werequest thatconsultations commence within aperiod nolaterthanten
daysafterthereceipt ofthisrequest.