WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.45
11 February 1999
(99-0542)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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
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): Jam (HS: 20.07).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Establishment of Quality
Labelling Standards for Jam (available in Japanese, 1 page).
6. Description of content:
(i) By amendment, the following is made clear:  indication which shows that the jam
contains less sugar than ordinary ones is principally prohibited unless such indicationis based on the Nutrition Improvement Law.
(ii) Before amendment, indication which shows that the proportion of fruits contained in
the jam is larger than ordinary ones is principally prohibited unless the percentage offruits contained in the jam is higher than that specified in the JAS specifications.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumers' right protection.
8. Relevant documents:  The basic law is th e Law Concerning Standardization and Proper
Labelling of Agricultural and Forestry Products.  These standards will be made public in
"KAMPO" (Official Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not yet determined.
10. Final date for comments:  8 April 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: