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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/JPN/292 
9 February 2012 
 (12-0792) 
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 numbe r(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:  Summary of Proposed Amendments of the Enforcement 
Ordinance of the Plant Protection Law and Concerned Public Notices  Language(s):  
English  Number of pages:  32 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/JPN/12_0594_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
1. Amendment of the current list of quarantine pests; 2. Amendment of the current list of provisional quarantine pests; 
3. Amendment of the current list of non-quarantine pests; 4. Amendment of the current list of area/pla nt/pest combinations subject to inspection 
at the growing sites in exporting countries; 
5. Amendment of the current list of area/ plant/pest combinations subject to import 
prohibition; 
6. Amendment of the current list of area/pl ant/pest/requirement combinations subject 
to phytosanitary measures to be carried out  in exporting countr ies except inspection 
at the growing sites. 
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 relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   G/SPS/N/JPN/292 
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  [ ] 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)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] 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:  The legal 
basis of the Enforcement Ordinance is derived from the Plant Protection Law.  This amendment will be published in "KAMPO" (Offi cial Government Gazette), available in 
Japanese only.  The current lists concerning quarantine pest, provisional quarantine pest, 
non-quarantine pest, growing site  inspection and other phytosanitary measures to be carried out in exporting countries and import prohibition are available in English from the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Forest ry and Fisheries website at:  
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/kikaku/english-ver.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:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Note that, as an exception, a one-year grace period from the date of 
publication will be provided for implementing th e measure regarding the inspection at the 
growing site in exporting countries. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  9 April 2012 
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