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G/SPS/R/100/Corr.1  
 
12 January  2021 
(21-0385) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures    
 
 
SUMMARY OF THE MEETING OF 5-6 AND 13  NOVEMBER 2020  
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Corrigendum* 
Please note that paragraph s 2.1. and 2.2. of document G/SPS/R /100 should read as follows:  
2.1.1   Japan - Update on the situation surrounding Japanese food after the TEPCO 
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident ( G/SPS/GEN/1233/Rev.2 ) 
2.1.  Japan  thanked Morocco and Egypt for lifting the import measures they had imposed on 
Japanese food products  following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident . 
Japan  reported that 36 out of the 54 countries and regions that had introduced import measures 
following the accident had since then lifted them. Japan urged Members still maintaining measures 
to remove them based on scienti fic principles. Japan provided an update on the recent data and 
status of its food safety control measures, as well as on water management at the nuclear power 
station  and its transparency efforts, as detailed in G/SPS/GEN/1233/Rev.2 . 
2.2.  Korea expressed its appreciatio n for the updates provided by Japan , but reiterated concerns 
about the possible  release of contaminated water into the sea.  Korea referred to reports  indicating 
that Japan  considered  a release into the sea of contaminated water currently stored in tanks as  the 
most viable option. Korea  called for  a transparent and inclusive process to decide on  the disposal 
method of contaminated water.  Japan responded that the water s tored in tanks at the station was 
treated water purified by the Advanced Liquid Processing System and other related facilities , and 
when the ALPS treated water is discharged into the environment, it is a natural precondition to meet 
regulatory standards for discharge into the environment . Reiterating observations contained in 
G/SPS/GEN/1819 , Japan added that it had not yet decided how water would be discharged into the 
enviro nment , and even after the decision, it takes about two years before the independent regulator 
approves the implementation plan for discharge sub mitted by Tokyo Electric Power Company 
Holdings. Japan also stressed that Japan will provide information to the international community 
including Korea in a highly transparent manner . 
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat 's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  
* In English only.  