 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/121 
6 July 2004 
 (04-2890) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry on Health, Labour and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(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:  02.01,  02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07 and 02.09) 
• Dairy produce;  bird's eggs (HS:  04.01, 04.08) 
• Edible vegetable and certain roots and tube rs (HS:  07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 
07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.13 and 07.14) 
• Edible fruits and nuts (HS:  08.02, 08.06, 08.08, 08.09 and 08.10) 
• Spices (HS:  09.10) 
• Miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS:  12.01, 12.05, 12.06 and 12.10) 
• Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleava ge products (HS:  15.08, 15.14) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Revision of the standards 
and specifications for foods and food additiv es under the Food Sa nitation Law (Additional 
establishment of pesticide residue standards) (1 page available in English) 
6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue li mits (MRLs) for BOSCALID 
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 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Food Sanitation Law 
(available in English).  When adopted, th ese MRLs are to be published in "KAMPO" 
(Official Government Gazette) (available in Japanese). G/SPS/N/JPN/121 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   These proposed standards w ill be adopted after a comment 
period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   These proposed standards will basically take effect after 
a certain period of grace. 
12. Final date for comments:   
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 
 