G/SPS/N/JPN/316  
 
28 June 2013  
(13-3358)  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: Summary of Proposed Amendments of the 
Enforcement Ordinance of the Plant Protection Law and Concerned Public Notices  
Language(s): English  Number of pages: 42 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/JPN/13_2446_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
1. Quarantine Pest List (the Annexed Table 1 of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Plant 
Protection Law); 
2. Non-Quarantine Pest List; 
3. List of the Plants Subject to Growing Site Inspection in Exporting Countries (the 
Annexed Table 1-2 of the Enforcement Or dinance of the Plant Protection Law); 
4. List of the Import Prohibited Plants (the Annexed Table 2 of the Enforcement 
Ordinance of the Plant Protection Law); 
5. List of the Plants Subject to Phytosanitary Measures to be carried out in Exporting 
Countries (the Annexed Table 2-2 of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Plant Protection Law); and 
6. Condition for Quarantine Pests specified in the Annexed Tables 1-2 and 2-2 of the 
Enforcement Ordinance of the Plant Protection Law and the details of additional 
declarations on a phytosanitary certificate. 
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/316 
 
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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 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)    
[ ] 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 Enforcement Ordinance is derived from the Plant Protection Law. This 
amendment will be published in "KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette), available in Japanese. The current lists concerning quarantine pest, non-quarantine pest, growing 
site inspection and other phytosanitary measures to be carried out in exporting countries 
and import prohibition are available in English from Japan's Plant Protection Station website at: http://www.pps.go.jp/e nglish/index.html . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : As soon as possible after the final date for 
the comment period. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : As soon as possible after the final date 
for the comment period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
Note: 
 Amendments of the "Quarantine Pest List", the "Non-Quarantine Pest List", the "List 
of the Import Prohibited Plants", the "Lis t of the Plants Subject to Phytosanitary 
Measures to be carried out in Exporting Countries" and "Condition for Quarantine 
Pests specified in the annexed table 2-2 of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Plant 
Protection Law" will enter into force afte r six months from date of publication. 
 Amendments of the "List of the Plants Subject to Growing Site Inspection in 
Exporting Countries" and "Condition for quarantine pests specified in the annexed table 1-2 of the Enforcement Ordinance of th e Plant Protection Law" will enter into 
force after one year from date of publication. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure 
 With regard to amendment of "Condition  for Quarantine Pests specified in the 
annexed tables 1-2 of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Plant Protection 
Law", requirement for Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) will enter into force after three months from date of publication because the additional 
phytosanitary measures for PSTVd contribute to the liberalization of trade.  G/SPS/N/JPN/316 
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 August 2013 
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