G/SPS/N/JPN/1226  
 
30 August 2023  
(23-5821) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  JAPAN  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Agency responsible: The 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):  Live plants and plant parts (including fruit, flower and pollen, other 
than seed) of the follow ing plants:  Chaenomeles sinensis  (syn. Pseudocydonia sinensis ); 
bridal wreath ( Spiraea prunifolia ); medlar ( Mespilus germanica ); loquat ( Eriobotrya 
japonica ); quince ( Cydonia oblonga ); dog rose ( Rosa canina ); Aronia; Photinia ; 
Crataegomespilus ; Amelanchier ; Crataegus ; Cotoneaster ; Rhaphiolepis ; Stranvaesia ; 
Osteomeles ; Dichotomanthes ; Pyracantha ; Docynia ; Pyrus ; Sorbus ; Heteromeles ; 
Peraphyllum ; Chaenomeles  (syn. Choenomeles ); Malus  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  China  
5. Title of the notified document:  Emergency measures to mitigate the risk of introducing 
Erwinia amylovora . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:   
6. Description of content:  To prevent the introduction of Erwinia amylovora  into Japan, 
MAFF has taken emergency measures to prohibit the import of host plants of E. amylovora  
(specified in Item 3. of this notification) originated in Chi na based on examination of the 
relevant documents listed in Item 10.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  MAFF has stipulated 
Erwinia amylovora  as an important quarantine pest and prohibited the import of host 
plants from specific countries where E. amylovora  is present. To prevent the introduction 
of E. amylovora  into Japan, MAFF has decided to ban on importation of its host plants 
originated in China. This is an urgent action before the enforcement of the revision of the 
Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act based o n the newly confirmed 
information on the outbreak and spread of E. amylovora  in China.  G/SPS/N/JPN/1226  
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or relate d text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : 
IPPC Article  7, ISPM 1 and ISPM 20  
[ ] 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 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− 中华人民共和国 农业农村部 (2023) 2023 年全国农作物重大病虫害 发生趋势预报  (online) , 
available  from http://www.moa.gov.cn/ztzl/2023cg/jszd_29356/202302/t20230209_6
420225.htm  
− 中华人民共和国 农业农村部 (2022) 全国农业植物检疫性有害生物分布行政区名 录 (online) , 
available  from http://www.moa.gov.cn/zxfile/reader?file=http://www.moa.gov.cn/gov
public/ZZYGLS/202207/P020220707597262683819.doc  
− Fei et al. (2023) Draft Genome Sequence Data for Erwinia amylovora  Strain S618 -2-2 
Isolated from Pyrus sinkiangensis  in China (online), available from 
https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR -10-22-0122-A 
− List of the Import Prohibited Plants (Annexed Table 2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement 
of the Plant Protection Act), MAF Ordinance No. 73/1950 (online), available from 
https:// www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_Annexed_Table2.html  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
30 August 2023  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. 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) 5501 8344  
Fax: +(81 3) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp  G/SPS/N/JPN/1226  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Autho rity, [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