. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/273 
28 February 2011 
 (11-0995) 
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 the Environment 
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):  Bueycito anole ( Anolis allogus ), blue-eyed grass-bush anole ( Anolis 
alutaceus ), and Habana anole ( Anolis homolechis ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Pakistan  
5. Title of the notified document:  Amendment to the List of Regulated Living Organisms 
under the Invasive Alien Species Act  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  1 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/JPN/11_0608_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  To designate Bueycito anole, blue-eyed grass-bush anole, and 
Habana anole as Invasive Alien Species (IAS), which are currently designated as Uncategorized Alien Species (UAS). 
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 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/JPN/273 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  The basic law 
is the Invasive Alien Species Act (full text of the act is available in English at http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/as/040427.pdf
).  The list (Cabinet Order) will appear on 
"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) in  Japanese when announced officially.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 July 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) :  29 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