. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/JPN/307 
10 January 2013 
 (13-0133) 
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 Health, Labour and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   
 Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes:  02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 
02.07, 02.08 and 02.09) 
 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other a quatic invertebrates (HS Codes:  03.01, 
03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.05, 03.06 and 03.07)  
 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS Code:  05.04) 
 Dairy produce and birds' eggs (HS Codes:  04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) 
 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers  (HS Codes:  07.01, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 
07.06, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and  07.14) 
 Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/mel ons (HS Codes:  08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 
08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) 
 Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes:  09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 
09.09 and 09.10) 
 Cereals (HS Codes:  10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.07 and 10.08) 
 Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seed s and fruits (HS Cod es:  12.01, 12.02, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) 
 Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes:  15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) 
 Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS Code:  22.01) 
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:  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods 
and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation La w (Revision of agricultural chemical 
residue standards)  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  7 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/sps/JPN/13_0119_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals. 
Pesticides:  Alachlor and Norflurazon G/SPS/N/JPN/307 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] 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 stan dard?  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)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  Food 
Sanitation Law (available in English).  When  adopted, these MRLs are to be published in 
Kampo (Official Government Gazette) (available in Japanese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  As soon as possible after the final date for 
comment period. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  As soon as possible after the final date for 
comment period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  These proposed standards will take e ffect after a certain grace period. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  11 March 2013 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] 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