G/SPS/N/JPN/827/Add.1  
 
14 April 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 13 April 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan . 
 
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Revisions of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act and relevant requirements  
The revisions of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act and relevant requirements 
were notified by G/SPS/N/JPN/827 on 1 February 2021, and these will be published in the Japanese 
Official Gazette on 27  April 2021.  
These revisions and requirements will enter into force on 28 April  2021.  
The revised Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act and the Details of Requirements 
for Each of the Quarantine Pests can be viewed at the following URLs:  
1. The revis ion of Quarantine Pest List (Annexed Table 1 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the 
Plant Protection Act):  
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_Anne xed_Table1_from_20210428.html  
2. The revision of List of the Plants Subject to Field Inspection in Exporting Countries (Annexed 
Table 1 -2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act) and the Details of 
Requirements for Each of the Quarantine Pests:  
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_Annexed_Table1 -2_from_20210428.html  
3. The revision of List of the Import Prohibited Plants (Annexed Table  2 of the Ordinance for 
Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act):  
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_Annexed_Table2_from_20210428.html  
4. The revision of List of the Plants Subject to Specific Phytosanitary Measures to be Carried Out in 
Exporting Countries (Annexed Table 2 -2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection 
Act) and the Details of Requirements for Each of the Quarantine P ests: 
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_Annexed_Table2 -2_from_20210428.html  
5. The revision of Non -Quarantine Pest List:  
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/Non_Q_Pest_List_from_20210428.html  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into for ce 
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/JPN/827/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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 Tr ade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8919, Japan  
Tel: +(813) 5501 8344  
Fax: +(813) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp  
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: +(813) 5501 8344  
Fax: +(813) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp  
 
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