G/TBT/N/JPN/805  
12 April 2024 
(24-3102) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  JAPAN  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare  
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry  
Ministry of the Environment  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  The 
following chemical substances  
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) isomers or their salts and PFOA related compounds  
The following products in which PFOA isomers or their salts are used  
1. Water -resistan t paper and oil -resistant paper  
2. Water -repellent textiles and oil -repellent textiles  
3. Cleaning agents  
4. Anti -reflection agents used in the manufacture of semiconductors  
5. Paints and varnish  
6. Water repellent and oil repellent  
7. Adhesives and sealin g fillers  
8. Fire extinguishers, fire -extinguishing agents, and fire -extinguishing foam  
9. Toners  
10. Water -resistant clothes and oil - resistant clothes  
11. Water -repellent floor coverings and oil -repellent floor coverings  
12. Floor waxes  
13. Photographic paper  
The following products in which PFOA related compounds are used  
1. Water -repellent textiles and oil -repellent textiles  
2. Antifoaming agents  G/TBT/N/JPN/805  
 
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  3. Water repellent, oil repellent, antifouling agent and fiber protectant  
4. Optical fiber or it s surface coating agents  
5. Fire extinguishers, fire -extinguishing agents, and fire -extinguishing foam  
6. Water -resistant clothes and oil - resistant clothes  
7. Water -repellent floor coverings and oil -repellent floor coverings  
8. Floor waxes  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision of the 
Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of 
Chemical Substances.; (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Based on Article 17 and 22 of the Act on the Regulation of 
Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances. (hereinafter referred to as "the 
Act"), the following will be designated as Class I Specified Chemical Substances which 
need authorization to be manufactured or im ported.  
PFOA isomers or their salts and PFOA related compounds  
Based on Article 25 of the Act, the following will be designated as chemical substances 
and their uses that are allowed to be used for a certain period of time.  
8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol used i n the manufacture of invasive and implantable medical 
devices is allowed to December 3,2025  
Use of perfluorooctyl iodide for the production of perfluorooctyl bromide for the purpose 
of producing pharmaceutical products is allowed to December 31,2036  
Based on Article 24 of the Act, the following will be designated as products prohibited 
from being imported when PFOA isomers or their salts and PFOA related compounds are 
used in them.  
The following products in which PFOA isomers or their salts are used  
1. Water -resistant paper and oil -resistant paper  
2. Water -repellent textiles and oil -repellent textiles  
3. Cleaning agents  
4. Anti -reflection agents used in the manufacture of semiconductors  
5. Paints and varnish  
6. Water repellent and oil repellent  
7. Adhesives and sealing fillers  
8. Fire extinguishers, fire -extinguishing agents, and fire -extinguishing foam  
9. Toners  
10. Water -resistant clothes and oil - resistant clothes  
11. Water -repellent floor coverings and oil -repellent floor coverings  
12. Floor wax es 
13. Photographic paper  
The following products in which PFOA related compounds are used  
1. Water -repellent textiles and oil -repellent textiles  
2. Antifoaming agents  
3. Water repellent, oil repellent, antifouling agent and fiber protectant  
4. Optical fibe r or its surface coating agents  
5. Fire extinguishers, fire -extinguishing agents, and fire -extinguishing foam  G/TBT/N/JPN/805  
 
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  6. Water -resistant clothes and oil - resistant clothes  
7. Water -repellent floor coverings and oil -repellent floor coverings  
8. Floor waxes  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To prevent environmental pollution, PFOA isomers or their salts and PFOA 
related compounds, which are potentially hazardous substances because of their non -
biodegradability,  high degree of bioaccumulation potential, and chronic toxicity, will be 
designated as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Act. This amendment is 
based on the decisions at the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention 
on Persi stent Organic Pollutants in 2019. Also, to prevent environmental pollution, 
products in which PFOA isomers or their salts and PFOA related compounds are used will 
be prohibited from being imported.  
8. Relevant documents:   
- Act on the Regulation of Manufa cture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (Act No. 
117 of October 16, 1973)  
https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3350  
- Order fo r Enforcement of the Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of 
Chemical Substances  
(Cabinet Order No. 202 of June 7, 1974)  
https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/ja/laws/view/3455  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  August 2024 fo r designation of PFOA isomers or 
their salts, and December 2024 for designation of PFOA related compounds and the 
addition of products to be prohibited from being imported  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8919, Japan  
Tel.: + (81) 3 5501 8344  
Fax: + (81) 3 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp  
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