WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/65
23 December 2002
(02-7069)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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):   Agricultural Chemicals
(HS: 3208 which is imported as active ingredient of agricultural chemicals)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Partial Amendment of
Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law (1 page, available in English)
6. Description of content:   Under the existing law, importers and manufacturers of
agricultural chemicals are required to register the agricultural chemicals with the Minister of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries before they sell those chemicals in Japan.  After the
amendment, in order to prevent distribution of unregistered chemicals, importers will berequired to register the agriculture chemicals before they import them.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To ensure public health.
8. Relevant documents:   The amendment will be made public in Official Gazette when
adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not yet fixed
Proposed date of entry into force:  Within 3 months after promulgation.  The date will be
fixed in government ordinance.
10. Final date for comments:   22 November 2002
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:           