WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.91
17March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1053)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry andFisheries
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Veterinary drugs
(HS:30.01, 02,03,04)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TheGood Post-
Marketing Surveillance Practice onVeterinary Drugs.
6. Description ofcontent: Establishment ofthestandards ofGood Post-Marketing
Surveillance Practice onVeterinary Drugs.
7. Objective andrationale: Toassure theconfidentiality fortheapplication dataforre-
examination andre-evaluation.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawisthePharmaceutical Affairs Law.
Thisprovision willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1April 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 28March 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: