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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/266/Add.1 
4 May 2011  
 (11-2305) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 28 April 2011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Japan
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Establishment of Proposed Revisions of the En forcement Ordinance of the Plant Protection Law
 
 The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fi sheries of Japan notified the proposed Revisions 
to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Plant Protection Law in G/SPS/N/JPN/266 on 4 November 2010.  This amendment was adopted on 7 March 2011, and will take effect  on 7 September 2011 after a half-
year grace period, except the provisions regarding in spections at growing sites in exporting countries. 
The provisions regarding the inspections will take  effect on 7 March 2012, one year from the entry 
into force of the revised law. 
 After the entry into force of the provisions regarding inspections at growing sites in exporting 
countries and the newly added phytosanitary measures that should be carried out in exporting countries, additional statements specified in the explan atory note attached to this notification shall be 
stated on a phytosanitary certificate of exporting coun tries specified in the annexed tables 1-2 and 2-2 
of the revised Enforcement Ordinance respectively.  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/JPN/11_1388_00_e.pdf
 
 The English version (provisional translation) of the annexed tables and the annexed lists in 
the current and revised Enforcement Ordinance of  the Plant Protection Law and Concerned Public 
Notices is available at the following websites: 
 The current tables:  http://www.pps.go.jp/english/index.html  
 The revised tables and lists:  http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/keneki/kikaku/english-ver.html  
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    G/SPS/N/JPN/266/Add.1 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
   
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification Au thority, [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 Tel:  +(81 3) 5501 8344 Fax:  +(81 3) 5501 8343 E-mail:  enquiry@mofa.go.jp  
 
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