G/SPS/N/JPN/905/Add.1  
 
11 April 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 8 April 2022, 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/905 on 17 December 2021, and these have been published in the 
Japanese Official Gazette on 22 March 2022.  
 
These revisions and requirements have entered into force on 23 March 2022.  
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. 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_Annexed_Tab le1_from_20210428.html  
2. 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. 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. List of the Plants Subject to Specific Phytosanitar y 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 Pests:  
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_Annexed_Table2 -2_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 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, s uch as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  G/SPS/N/JPN/905/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] 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 Servic e 
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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