G/SPS/N/JPN/929  
9 February 2022  
(22-1041) Page: 1/2 
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:  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 poultry and liquid eg g products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Netherlands  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import suspension of live poultry and liquid egg 
products from the Animal Health Municipalities No. 10, 14 and 16 in the Netherlands . 
Language(s): Number of pages:  
6. Description of content:  In order to prevent the introduction of H5N1 high pathogenicity 
avian influenza (HPAI) virus into Japan, MAFF has suspended the import of live poultry 
and liquid egg products from the Animal Health Municipalities No. 10, 14 and 16 in the 
Netherlands, incl uding those shipped through third countries, since 25 January 2022 
based on the "Animal Health Requirements for day -old chicks and hatching eggs of poultry 
to be exported to Japan from the Kingdom of the Netherlands," "Animal Health 
Requirements for poultr y meat etc. to be exported to Japan from the Kingdom of the 
Netherlands" and the articles 37 and 44 of the "Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease 
Control."  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] prote ct 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:  Outbreaks of H5N1 
HPAI were confirmed in poultry farms in the Animal Health Municipalities N o. 10 and No. 
16 in the Netherlands. In addition, the restricted zones due to the outbreak in the Animal 
Health Municipalities No. 16 extended the Animal Health Municipalities No. 14.  
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 related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Anima l Health Code, chapter number) :  
Chapter 10.4. "Infection with high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses"  G/SPS/N/JPN/929  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] 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:  Current 
"Animal Health Requirements for day -old chicks and hatching eggs of poultry to be 
exported to Japan from the Kingdom of the Netherlands" and "Animal Health 
Requirements for poultry meat etc. to be exported to Japan from the Kingdom of the 
Netherlands"  (available in English and Japanese) : 
http://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/hou/require/attach/pdf/kakin -20.pdf  
http://www.maff.go.jp/a qs/hou/require/attach/pdf/chicken -meet-83.pdf   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):   
25 January 2022     
[ ] 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:   
Japan Enquiry Point  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
Fax: +(81 31) 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:   
Japan Enquiry Point  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs  Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
Fax: +(81 31) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp