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South KoreaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Beverages, spirits and vinegar – South Korea

Official title

Partial Amendment of Enforcement Rule of National Health Promotion Act

South Korea notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 14 November 2025. The comment period closed on 13 January 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Alcoholic beverages ~ 2208)

HS codes
  • 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
    • 2203 Beer made from malt.
    • 2204 Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines; grape must, partly fermented and of an actual alcoholic strength of > 0,5% vol or grape must with added alcohol…
    • 2205 Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances
    • 2206 Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, saké); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic…
    • 2207 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of >= 80%; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength
    • 2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80%; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations of a kind…
Notifying member
South Korea(Korea, Republic of)
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 14 November 2025. Check WTO ePing or South Korea for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/KOR/1325
Keywords
Labelling

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 13 January 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

The comment period closed on 13 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/KOR/1325; it can take them up with South Korea.

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What the notification says

Revision of the way the warning texts and images are presented in the warning message on the label, following the revision of National Health Promotion Act (promulgated in Mar.2025) that added the content on drink-driving to the warning message, and allowed images in the warning message as well as texts.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

All updates from South Korea

  1. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposed amendments to Standards for Recognition of Temporary Standard and Specifications for Foods

    The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the 'Standards for Recognition of Temporary Standard and Specifications for Foods'. The regulations on applying for temporary standards and specifications of new food ingredients, food additives, etc. have been improved as following; 1) Revisions…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/KOR/855Comments until 5 January 2027

  2. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Rule of the Industrial Standardizatoin Act

    New tailored certification audit types (D, E, and G types) and procedures are newly introduced, and specific audit criteria for each type are established to accommodate various industrial environments, such as entities without manufacturing facilities (Article 13, Annex 7-2, Annex 8, and Annex 9).

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/KOR/1387Comments until 3 January 2027

  3. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Partial Amendment Notice (Draft) of Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Foods (Advance Notice No. 2026-513, 23 October 2026)

    The proposed amendments seek to: A. Strengthening common manufacturing standards for functional ingredients (Draft Articles 2.1.3 and 2.2.3) - Establish specifications for the use of mixed functional ingredients and other ingredients to prevent misuse and side effects and ensure safe intake by…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/KOR/854Comments until 3 January 2027

  4. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Partial Amendment Notice (Draft) of Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Foods (Advance Notice No. 2026-512, 23 October 2026)

    The proposed amendments seek to: A. Reorganization of the structural framework of the Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Foods (Draft Articles I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.6, and [Annex 4]) The provisions for 'Collection and Handling of Test Samples' were…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/KOR/853Comments until 3 January 2027

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