G/SPS/N/JPN/712/Add.1  
 
12 May 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 11 May 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan . 
 
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Notifications of 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/712 on 9 January 2020 and by G/SPS/N/JPN/712/Corr.1 on 
15 January  2020 respectively, and these were published in the Japanese Official Gazette on 
11 May 2020.  
These revisions and requirements will enter into force on 11 November 2020, except for deletion of 
five quarantine pests from Table 1 and 2 in  Annex 1, correction  of country name in Annex 2, 3 and 4 
and addition of 65 non -quarantine pests in Annex 5, all of which have already entered into force on 
11 May 2020.  
The revised Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act and the Details of Requirements 
for Each of th e Quarantine Pests can be viewed at the following URLs:  
1. The revision 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_AnnexedTable1_from_20201111.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 A ct) and the Details of 
Requirements for Each of the Quarantine Pests:  
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_AnnexedTable1 -2_from_20201111.html  
3. The re vision 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_AnnexedTable2_from_20201111.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 th e 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_AnnexedTable2 -2_from_ 20201111.html  
5. The revision of Non -Quarantine Pest List:  
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/Non_Q_Pest_List_from_20200511.html  G/SPS/N/JPN/712/Add.1  
 
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  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 reg ulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
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 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   
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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