G/SPS/N/JPN/574  
 
7 May 2018  
(18-2774) Page: 1/2 
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; 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: Notification on the Change of Phytosanitary Measures 
for Plants without Phytosanitary Certificate . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/JPN/18_2379_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Considering the recent reports that some se rious quarantine 
pests have entered into the Japanese territory such as White Potato Cyst Nematode 
(Globodera pallida ) and Plum Pox Virus, Japanese NPPO  has decided to stop the above 
mentioned exception in order to reduce the entry risks of such pests. Japan would request 
NPPO of member countries to inform those who has an intention to export plants to Japan 
by mail or hand -carry that it is necessary to a ttach PC to them without any exceptions.  
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.  
8. Is there a releva nt 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) : 
IPPC Paragraph 2(a) of Articles 5 and 7 and ISPM 7 and 12  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, de scribe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/JPN/574  
 
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  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. The relevant 
informat ion is 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) : 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: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 October 2018 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 6 July 2018  
Agency 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:  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8919, Japan  
Fax: +(81 3) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign  Affairs  
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8919, Japan  
Fax: +(81 3) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp