. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/226 
10 March 2009 
 (09-1190) 
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 Health, Labour and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(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 Codes 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 
02.08 and 02.09) 
− Dairy and eggs (HS Codes 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) 
− Edible vegetables and certain roots and t ubers (HS Codes 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/m elons (HS Codes 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 
08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11, 08.13 and 08.14) 
− Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes 09.01 , 09.02, 09.03, 09.04,  09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 
09.08, 09.09, 09.10) 
− Cereals (HS Codes 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) 
− Oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes 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: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Revision of the standards and specifications for foods and 
food additives under the Food Sanitation Law (R evision of Agricultural Chemical residue 
standards)  Language:  English  Number of pages:  24 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/JPN/09_0889_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for flucetosulfron, 
acetamiprid, cadusafos, thiamethoxam, cl othianidin, 1-naphthaleneacetic acid, 
fenbuconazole, eprinomectin and etiproston. 
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/226 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ X ] 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 N°)     
[   ] 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:  Food 
Sanitation Law (available in English).  When  adopted, these MRLs are to be published in 
"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) (available in Japanese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  As soon as possible after the final date for 
comment period.  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  As soon as possible after the final date for 
comment period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  These proposed standards will basically ta ke effect after a certain period of 
grace. 
[ X ] 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 May 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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: