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G/SPS/N/JPN/246

7 April 2010

(10-1824)

Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Original:  English

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Notifying Member: JAPAN

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

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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)

•  Fish and crustaceans (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07)

•  Dairy (HS Code: 04.01)

•  Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.12 and 07.13)

•  Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 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: 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)

•  Cereals (HS Code: 10.06)

•  Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.10 and 12.12)

•  Animal fats (HS Code: 15.02)

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]  All trading partners

[ ]  Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: Revision of the standards and specifications for foods and food additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of Agricultural Chemical Residue Standards) Language: English Number of pages: 9

http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/JPN/10_1361_00_e.pdf

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Description of content: Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Amisulbrom, Iprobenfos, Tolylfluanid, Pyrifluquinazon, Fluacrypyrim, Cefquinome and Olaquindox.

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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.

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Is there a relevant international standard? 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 number)

[ ]  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:

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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) .

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): As soon as possible after the final date for comment period.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): As soon as possible after the final date for comment period.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): These proposed standards will basically take effect after a certain period of grace.

[X]  Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 6 June 2010

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:

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Texts available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: