G/SPS/N/JPN/331  
 
20 January 2014  
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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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pig meat and its products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Portugal  
5. Title of the notified document: Animal health requirements for meat and viscera 
derived from pigs, and for sausages, ham and bacon made from the said meat and viscera as raw materials, to be exported to Japan from Portugal  Language(s): English 
and Japanese  Number of pages: 16 
http://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/ho u/require/pdf /pt_pork.pdf  
6. Description of content: The "animal health requirements for meat and viscera derived 
from pigs, and for sausages, ham and bacon made from the said meat and viscera as 
raw materials, to be exported to Japan from Portugal" are set to allow the export of pig meat etc. from Portugal to Japan since Portugal is recognised as a free country of Foot 
and mouth disease, Classical swine fever and African swine fever. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2013), 
Chapter 8.6 FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE, Chapter 15.1 AFRICAN SWINE FEVER and Chapter 15.2 CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/JPN/331 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 10 January 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 January 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 10 January 2014 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
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 
13. Texts 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