South Korea changes of health certificate format issued by APQA Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) has issued notification on change of health certificate format issued by APQA due to the revision of enforcement regulation of the Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases. Major changes are as below: 1. The title of certificate, which appears in the upper part of the form, will be changed from "HEALTH CERTIFICATE OF ANIMAL QUARANTINE" to "HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR ANIMAL QUARNATINE"; 2. The English title of a Korean legislation that deals with the issuance of health certificates will be changed from the "Livestock Epidemic Prevention and Control Act" to the "Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases". The new health certificate form will become valid for use from 26 March 2018. Where there is a health certificate format agreed between the APQA/MAFRA of Korea and the relevant authorities of other countries, the agreed format will be used continuously. Products covered: Animal and animal products HS Code:02, 03, 04, 0504, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1506, 1516, 1517, 1518, 1521, 1522, 16 Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 26 March 2018 Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy): 26 March 2018 | 
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