Summary of the proposed revision (Fourth Revision) 
 1. Quarantine Pest List (the Annexed Table 1 of the Or dinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act) : 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/ki kaku/pdf/01_at1_qualant_pest_list.pdf 
Thirteen quarantine pests will be added an d three quarantine pests will be deleted. 
2. List of the Plants Subject to Field Inspection in Exporting Countries (the Annexed Table 1-2 of the 
Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act): http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/ki kaku/pdf/02_at1_2_field_inspect.pdf 
 (1)  Following ten quarantine pests will be added to the list. 
Item 1 Aleurocanthus woglumi (citrus blackfly) 
Item 2 Tuta absoluta  
Item 8 Meloidogyne enterolobii  
Item 9 Xiphinema index  (fan-leaf virus nematode) 
Item 13 Apiosporina morbosa  
Item 14 Ceratocystis fagacearum  (wilt of oak)  
Item 15 Deuterophoma tracheiphila  
Item 16 Eutypa lata  (Eutypa dieback) 
Item 17 Guignardia citricarpa  (citrus black spot) 
Item 18 Sphaeropsis tumefaciens  (citrus branch knot) 
(2)  Following eight quarantine pests will be move d from the Annexed Table 1-2 to the Annexed Table 
2-2 that requires laboratory tests. 
Ex-item 16 (Item 24 of the Annexed Table 2-2) Potato spindle tuber viroid  
Ex-item 17 (Item 25 of the Annexed Table 2-2) Pepino mosaic virus  
Ex-item 18 (Item 26 of the Annexed Table 2-2) Columnea latent viroid  
Ex-item 19 (Item 27 of the Annexed Table 2-2) Mexican papita viroid  
Ex-item 20 (Item 30 of the Annexed Table 2-2) Pepper chat fruit viroid  
Ex-item 21 (Item 28 of the Annexed Table 2-2) Tomato apical stunt viroid  
Ex-item 22 (Item 29 of the Annexed Table 2-2) Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid  
Ex-item 23 (Item 31 of the Annexed Table 2-2) Tomato planta macho viroid  
(3) Item 20 Acidovorax avenae  subsp. citrulli  will have an option of “laboratory test” in addition to “field 
inspection on parent plants”. 
(4) Host plants or/and countries of distribution of fo llowing ten existing quarantine pests will be updated. 
Item 3 Meloidogyne chitwoodi  (Columbia root-knot nematode) 
Item 5 Meloidogyne fallax  (false Columbia root-knot nematode) 
Item 6 Nacobbus aberrans  (false root-knot nematode) 
Item 7 Radopholus similis  (burrowing nematode) 
Item 12 Phytophthora ramorum  (Sudden oak death) Item 19 Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens  pv. flaccumfaciens  (Bacterial wilt of beans) 
Item 20  Acidovorax avenae  subsp. citrulli  (Bacterial fruit blotch) 
Item 21 Pantoea stewartii  (Stewart's bacterial wilt) 
Item 22 Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. nebraskensis  (Goss's bacterial wilt and blight) 
Item 25 Plum pox virus  
(5) The wordings of Additional Declaration on Phytos anitary certificate will be revised and simplified. 
3. List of the Import Prohibited Plants (the Annexe d Table 2 of the Ordinance fo r Enforcement of the Plant 
Protection Act): http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/kene ki/kikaku/pdf/03_at2_impo rt_prohibit_plants.pdf 
 (1) Countries and/or plants associ ated with following nine existing quarantine pests will be updated. 
Item 1 Ceratitis capitata  (Mediterranean fruit fly)  
Item 2 Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Oriental fruit fly) 
Item 6 Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil)  
Item 7 Euscepes postfasciatus (West Indian sweet potato weevil) 
Item 10 Globodera rostochiensis  (potato cyst nematode) 
Item 11 Globodera pallida  (white potato cyst nematode) 
Item 14 Mayetiola destructor  (Hessian fly) 
Item 16 Erwinia amylovora (Fire blight) 
Item 17 Candidatus Liberibacter africanus, Candidatus  Liberibacter americanus, Candidatus  
Liberibacter asiaticus 
4. List of the plants subject to Specific Phytosanitary Measures to be carried out in Exporting Countries (the 
Annexed Table 2-2 of the Ordinance for En forcement of the Plant Protection Act): 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/kika ku/pdf/04_at2_2_specific_measures.pdf 
(1) Following twenty one quarantine pests will be de signated as pest subject to phytosanitary measures 
to be carried out in exporting countries. 
Item 1 Anastrepha fraterculus  (South American fruit fly) 
Item 2 Anastrepha grandis  (South American cucurbit fruit fly) 
Item 3 Anastrepha ludens  (Mexican fruit fly) 
Item 4 Anastrepha obliqua  (West Indian fruit fly) 
Item 5 Anastrepha suspensa  (Caribbean fruit fly) 
Item 6 Bactericera cockerelli  
Item 7 Bactericera nigricornis  
Item 8 Bactericera trigonica  
Item 9 Circulifer tenellus  (beet leafhopper) 
Item 10 Diabrotica undecimpunctata (spotted cucumber beetle) 
Item 11 Naupactus leucoloma  (whitefringed weevil) 
Item 12 Otiorhynchus ovatus  
Item 13 Scolytus multistriatus  (smaller European elm bark beetle) 
Item 14 Scolytus scolytus  (large elm bark beetle) Item 15 Trioza apicalis  (carrot psyllid) 
Item 18 Ophiostoma novo-ulmi  subsp. novo-ulmi  
Item 19 Acidovorax avenae  subsp. citrulli  (Bacterial fruit blotch) (*) 
Item 20 Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum(**) 
Item 21 Pseudomonas syringae  pv. actinidae  biovar3 
Item 22 Spiroplasma citri (stubborn disease of citrus) 
Item 23 Xylella fastidiosa  (Pierce's disease of grapevines) (***) 
(*) Item 19 Acidovorax avenae  subsp. citrulli  will have an option of “laboratory test” in addition to 
“field inspection of parent plants”. 
(** ) The emergency measures notified on 1 February 2015 (G/SPS/N/JPN/383) will be taken over 
as the regular measures after six months from the date of the revision. 
 (***) The emergency measures notified on 7 May 2015 (G/SPS/N/JPN/405) will be taken over as 
the regular measures after six months from the date of the revision. 
 
(2)  Eight quarantine pests in 2(2) will be moved from the Annexed Table 1-2 to the Annexed Table 2-2 
as mentioned.  
(3)  Host plants or/and countries of distribution of  following seven quarantine pests will be revised. 
Item 17 Phytophthora ramorum  (Sudden oak death) 
Item 19 Acidovorax avenae  subsp. citrulli  (Bacterial fruit blotch) 
Item 24 Potato spindle tuber viroid 
Item 25 Pepino mosaic virus 
Item 26 Columnea latent viroid 
Item 28 Tomato apical stunt viroid 
Item 29 Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid 
(4) The wordings of Additional Declaration on Phytos anitary certificate will be revised and simplified. 
5. Provisional Quarantine Pest List: 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/kika ku/pdf/05_pro_quarant_pest_list.pdf 
Following five genera of Bacteria will be deleted because these genera do not include species injurious 
to useful plants. 
Actinoallomurus 
Alloactinosynnema Kroppenstedtia Oceanotoga Phaeovibrio 
6. Non-Quarantine Pest List: 
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/ kikaku/pdf/06_non_quarant_pest.pdf 
One-hundred fourteen provisional quarantine pests will be designated as non-quarantine pests.