G/SPS/N/JPN/827  
 
1 February  2021 
(21-0828) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
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):  Plant and plant products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed revision of the Ordinance for Enforcement of 
the Plant Protection Act, relevant notifications and detailed rules for import plant 
quarantine enforcement concerning p lants subject to specific phytosanitary measures to 
be carried out in exporting countries . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  99 
(6 files) 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/JPN/21_0718_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/JPN/21_0718_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/JPN/21_0718_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/JPN/21_0718_03_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/JPN/21_0718_04_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/JPN/21_0718_05_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The MAFF will revise the following regulations to reflect the 
latest scientific evidence:  
1) Proposed revision of quarantine pests on annexed Table 1 of the Ordinance for 
Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act: Annex 1;  
2) Proposed revision of the p lants subject to field inspection in exporting countries on 
annexed Table 1 -2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act: 
Annex  2; 
3) Proposed revision of the import prohibited plants on annexed Table 2 of the Ordinance 
for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act: Annex 3;  
4) Proposed revision of the plants subject to specific phytosanitary measures to be 
carried out in exporting countries on annexed Table 2 -2 of the Ordinance for 
Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act and deta iled rules for import plant quarantine 
enforcement concerning plants subject to specific phytosanitary measures to be 
carried out in exporting countries: Annex 4;  
5) Proposed revision of the non -quarantine pest list: Annex 5.  
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.   G/SPS/N/JPN/827  
 
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  8. 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) :  
[ ] 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) : 
ISPM No. 2, 11, 19 and 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 fro m the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
The legal basis of the Ordinance is derived from the Plant Protection Act. This revision will 
be published in "Kampo" (Official Government Gazette), a vailable in Japanese. 
The current lists are available in English on the website of Plant Protection Station at: 
http://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/information/language_top.html  (available in English) . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Due to the emergency nature of preventing pests of the most 
serious concern such as Mediterranean fruit fly ( Ceratitis capitata ) from entering Japan, 
the proposed revisions will enter into force immediately after the completion of domestic 
legal procedure s, which is expected to take about three months after the distribution of 
this notification.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 2 April  2021 
Agenc y 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/827  
 
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  13. 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: +( 81 3) 5501 8344  
Fax: +(81 3) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp