. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/JPN/248 
11 March 2008 
 (08-1073) 
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:   National Tax Agency 
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):   Alcoholic Beverages 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Partial amendment of 
the “Labelling Standard for Liquors made fro m Organic Agricultural Products and Others” 
(20 pages approx, in English). 
6. Description of content:   In order to conform to the amendment of the “Japanese 
Agricultural Standard for Organic Processed Foods” (amended on 27 October 2005 and 
27 October 2006) set under the “Law Concerni ng Standardization and Proper Labelling of 
Agricultural and Forestry Products” and that of  “Quality Labelling Standard for Genetically 
Modified Foods” (amended on 11 October 200 5, 8 November 2006 and 1 October 2007), 
the “Labelling Standard for Liquors made fro m Organic Agricultural Products and Others” 
will be amended as follows: 
(1) To add “organic livestock products” to u sable ingredients for “organic agricultural 
product processed liquors” (the liquors allowed to indicate “organic” on their containers or packages), in conformity to the amendmen ts of “JAS for Organic Processed Foods”. 
 (2) To amend the formula to calculate the use ra tio of organic products to total ingredients 
(excluding processing aids in the process of the calculation), in conformity to the 
amendment of “JAS for Organic Processed Foods”.  (3) To amend the list of food additives whic h are allowed to be used for “organic 
agricultural and livestock product processed liquor s” in conformity to the amendment of 
“JAS for Organic Processed Foods” and to the CODEX Alimentarius (Add 21 items & 
delete 2 items).  (4) To amend the list of agents which are allowed to be used for pest control, in conformity 
to the amendment of “JAS for Organic Processed Foods”.  G/TBT/N/JPN/248 
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  (5) To amend the list of “designated agricultural products” (certain genetically modified 
agricultural products), in conformity to the amendment of the “Quality Labelling Standard 
for Genetically Modified Foods”. (Add 3 items) (In principle, the liquors made of “designated agricultural products” shall bear  indication as prescribed in the “Quality 
Labelling Standard for Genetically Modified F oods” on the containers or packages, hereby). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the consumers interest 
8. Relevant documents:   The Law concerning Liquor Business Associations and Measures 
for Securing Revenue from Liquor Tax 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    In June 2008 (To be announced in the official 
gazette).  
To be announced in the official gazette. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of circulation 
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: