Transboundary Movement, Etc. of Living Modified Organisms Act.

The purpose of this Act is to prevent risks posed by living modified organisms to the public health and the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, to improve the living conditions of people and to promote international cooperation by prescribing the matters necessary for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the matter necessary to ensure safety on the development, production, import, export, distribution, etc. of living modified organisms.
The State and a local government shall implement policies necessary to prevent risks to public health and to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, that may be posed by living modified organisms. The persons engaging in the business of the exportation, importation, etc. of living modified organisms shall manage them safely preventing risk to the citizen s health and environment. In order to deliberate the matters concerning the exportation, importation, etc. of living modified organisms, the Biosafety Committee shall be established under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy. A person intending to import any living modified organism shall obtain approval from the head of the relevant central administrative agency. A person intending to import any living modified organism used for release into the environment shall obtain approval for importation from the head of the relevant central administrative agency via the head of the competent national authority. A person intending to produce any living modified organism shall obtain approval by the relevant central administrative agency as prescribed by Presidential Decree. Those who intend to export living modified organisms shall notify in advance the head of the relevant central administrative agency of such matters prescribed by Presidential Decree as items, quantity, and importing country.
The national focal point under Article 19 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety shall be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the competent national authority shall be the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
The Act further makes provisions for: risk review of new living modified organisms, importation inspection, designation of ports of importation, offences and penalties, etc.