G/SPS/N/JPN/438  
 
16 December 2015  
(15-6627)  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 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S 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 and relevant notifications  Language(s): English  Number of 
pages: 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/JPN/15_4945_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Reflecting most recent scientific evidences, following lists will 
be revised: 
1. The Annexed Table 1 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act 
(Quarantine Pest List): 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/ki kaku/pdf/01_at1_qualant_pest_list.pdf  
2. The Annexed Table 1-2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act 
(List of the Plants Subject to Field Inspection in Exporting Countries): 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/ki kaku/pdf/02_at1_2_field_inspect.pdf  
3. The Annexed Table 2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act 
(List of the Import Prohibited Plants): 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/kika ku/pdf/03_at2_import_prohibit_plants.p
df 
4. The Annexed Table 2-2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act 
(List of the plants subject to Specific Phytosanitary Measures to be carried out in Exporting Countries): 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/kika ku/pdf/04_at2_2_specific_measures.pdf  
5. Provisional Quarantine Pest List: 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/ki kaku/pdf/05_pro_quarant_pest_list.pdf  
6. Non-Quarantine Pest List: 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/ kikaku/pdf/06_non_quarant_pest.pdf  
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/438 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
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)  
IPPC Article 7 and ISPM 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 from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
The legal basis of the Ordinance is derived fr om the Plant Protection Act. This revision 
will be published in "kampo" (Official Government Gazette), available in Japanese. The 
current lists are available in English from Japan's Plant Protection Station website at: 
http://www.pps.go.jp/english/index.html . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : After the comment period. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : The same as date of adoption. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Proposed revisions of lists will enter into force after six months 
from the date of the adoption with the exception of the following:  Proposed deletion of three quarantine pest s from the Annexed Table 1, deletion of 
country and plant in the item No. 1 of the Annexed Table 2, Provisional Quarantine 
Pest list, and Non-Quarantine Pest List will  enter into force on the date of adoption. 
 Proposed revision of the Annexed Table 1-2 will enter into force one year from the 
date of the adoption. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 February 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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/438 
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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