. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/JPN/140 
14 March 2005 
 (05-1060) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of  Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Seeds and seedlings of 
the agricultural crops used for foods and f eeds among the plant species of the designated 
seeds and seedlings.  
<HS codes> Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and th e like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 
(06.01, 06.02), potatoes, fresh or chilled: S eed (0701.10) , Sweet corn (0712.90.031), Dried 
leguminous vegetables for sowing (0713.10.010 20.010, 33.010,39.010,40.010, 50.010, 
90.010), Rye: Seed (1002.00), Oats: Seed (1004.00), Maize(corn): Seed (1005.10),  
Grain sorghum: Seed (1007.00), Buckwheat: Seed (1008.10), Other cereals: Seed (1008.90) "Seeds and seedlings of a kind used for sowing" in Chapter 12 (12.01-12.11) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Seeds and Seedlings 
Law Enforcement Regulation (1 page, availabl e in English) and the Ordinance of the 
Ministry of  Agriculture, Forestry and Fisher ies No.32 (2 pages, available in English) 
6. Description of content:   Current Seeds and Seedlings Law Enforcement Regulation already 
requires to label the fact of chemical treatme nt and the name of the chemicals when selling 
seeds and seedlings of certain plant speci es called “designated seeds and seedlings”. 
Following the amendment of Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law Enforcement 
Regulation, it will be amended,  and will require to label the fact of treatment with 
agricultural chemicals, name of the active i ngredient of agricultural chemicals and the 
number of treatment for each active ingredient.  Besides, plant species of “designated seeds 
and seedlings” are added. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To secure marketing of quality seeds and seedli ngs, and to give information regarding the 
use of agricultural chemicals to farmers. G/TBT/N/JPN/140 
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 8. Relevant documents:   The Seeds and Seedlings Law (1998 Law No.83). The amendments 
will appear in “KANPO” (Official Government Gazette) when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:       June 2005  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be announced in the official gazette.  
10. Final date for comments:     9 May 2005   
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: