RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.259
29August 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2512)
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
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Fertilizer (HS:3101, 3104, 3105)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Amendment totheOfficial
Standards forOrdinary Fertilizers (available inJapanese, 5pages)
6. Description ofcontent:
(1) Toamend thestandards forthefollowing substances:
Fluid nitrogen fertilizer
Potassium bicarbonate
Potassium silicate fertilizer
Fluid mixed fertilizer
(2) Toestablish thestandard forthemagnesium carbonate fertilizer.
7. Objective andrationale: Toamend theOfficial Standards forOrdinary Fertilizers, in
response tochange offarmer 'sneedforfertilizers, andtoarequest from producers of
fertilizers.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawisFertilizer Control Law. Thesaidstandards will
appear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: January 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 30October 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: