WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/JPN/75
1 November 2001
(01-5364)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Apples and cherries  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:  United States of America
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Amendment of the Plant
Quarantine Measures Regarding the Dispute "Japan – Measures Affecting Agricultural
Products" in WTO (available in English, 4 pages)
5. Description of content:  New quarantine methodologies, to prevent invasion of codling
moth, for lifting bans on new varieties of covered products agreed between the UnitedStates and Japan were introduced.  The new quarantine methodologies are based on the
method of measuring methyl bromide gas concentration as described in the communication
from Japan and the United States:  "Japan – Measures Affecting Agricultural Products
(WT/DS76/12)
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,
[    ] protect territory from other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  These new
quarantine methods appeared in "KANPO" (Official Government Gazette) on
12 October 2001
9. Proposed date of adoption:  12 October 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  12 October 2001
11. Final date for comments:  Not applicable (measures respond to the  DSB
recommendations)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:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           