. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/271 
16 February 2011 
 (11-0808) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Luggage, its contents, and personal eff ects with potential risk for animal 
health 
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:  Outline of the Proposed Amendment to the Animal 
Disease and Infection Control Law  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  To reduce risk and to prevent in troduction into Japan of animal 
disease, an animal quarantine officer is aut horized by the modified Law to clean and 
disinfect luggage, its contents and other pers onal effects of passengers and crew members 
of any nationalities arriving from overseas at airpor ts or sea ports if the animal quarantine 
officer finds it necessary to do so following an interview etc. 
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 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 G/SPS/N/JPN/271 
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   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  
amendments appear in "KAMPO" (Official G overnment Gazette) when adopted (available 
in Japanese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Early April 2011 (It will be published in 
"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)) 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Early April 2011 (It will be published in 
"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)) 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Early April 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  17 April 2011 
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