. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/202 
2 January 2008  
 (08-0012) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  JAPAN
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(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: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 
and 02.09) 
- Fish and crustaceans (HS: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07) 
- Dairy and eggs (HS: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) 
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and t ubers (HS: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 
07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) 
- Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/mel ons (HS: 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) 
- Cereals (HS: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) 
- Oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seed s and fruits (HS: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 
12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.10, 12.11, 12.12 and 12.14) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Revision of the standards 
and specifications for foods and food additiv es under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of 
pesticide residue standards) (ava ilable in English, 9 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for carpropamid and 
tebuconazole.  
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    G/SPS/N/JPN/202 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex standards are established for 
tebuconazole. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Food Sanitation Law 
(Available in English).  When adopted, th ese MRLs are to be published in "KAMPO" 
(Official Government Gazette) (Available in Japanese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  These proposed standards will be adopted after a comment 
period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  These proposed standards will basically take effect after 
a certain period of grace. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of circulation 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: