G/SPS/N/JPN/1076  
 
29 July 2022  
(22-5748) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  JAPAN  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Used agricultural machineries  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of 
the Plant Protection Act and relevant requirements . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/JPN/22_4886_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/JPN/22_4886_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  In G/SPS/N/JPN/1017 on 9 May 2022, the MAFF notified that 
Japan amended the Plant Protection Act to allow items such as agricultural machinery to 
be made subject to import quarantine, and that specific quarantine requirements for the 
items will be notified by the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act in  due 
course.  
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/Data/File/Notice/6885/NJPN1017.pdf  
This time, the MAFF propose s a revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant 
Protection Ac t to introduce measures for imported used agricultural machineries . 
Theimport requirement s are as follows:  
1. To designate specified used agricultural machineries as regulated articles subject to 
import quarantine (Annex 1 ); 
2. To request the exporting country to attach a phytosanitary certificate declaring that 
there have been free from soil and plant debris on each consignment of the used 
agricultural machineries mentioned in 1 above (Annex  2). 
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/JPN/1076  
 
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM No. 41  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
internat ional standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
The legal basis of the Ordinance is derived from the Plant Protection Act. This revision will 
be published in "Kampo" (Official Government Gazette), available in Ja panese. The current 
lists are available in English on the website of Plant Protection Station at: 
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/information/language_top.html  (available in English).  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 September 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Standards Information Service  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8919, Japan  
Tel: +(81 3) 55 01 8344  
Fax: +(81 3) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Standards Information Service  
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