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Notifying
Member: JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
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Products
covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable): Fresh fruit of fijian
longan (Pometia pinnata (syn. Allophylus cobbe))
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[ ] All trading partners
[X] Specific regions or
countries: Asia: Bangladesh; Bhutan; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China
(excluding Hong Kong, China); Hong Kong, China; India; Indonesia; Lao People's
Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore;
Sri Lanka; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Viet Nam; Middle East: Oman;
Europe: Azerbaijan; Africa: Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso;
Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo;
Côte d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea;
Eritrea; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Gabon; The Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau;
Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mozambique;
Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Reunion; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South
Africa; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Latin America: French
Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Oceania: Christmas Island; French Polynesia;
Hawaiian Islands; Micronesia (Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Marshall, Federated
States of Micronesia, including Northern Mariana Islands, Guam); Papua New
Guinea
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Title of
the notified document: Emergency
measures to mitigate the risk of introducing Bactrocera
dorsalis species complex.
Language(s): . Number of pages:
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Description
of content: To prevent the
introduction of the Bactrocera dorsalis species
complex into Japan, MAFF will take emergency measures prohibiting the import
of fresh fruit of Fijian longan (Pometia
pinnata (syn. Allophylus cobbe)),
which is a host plant of Bactrocera
dorsalis species complex originating in the country listed in Item
4.
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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.
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Nature
of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: MAFF has designated the Bactrocera
dorsalis species complex as an important quarantine pest and
prohibited the import of host plants from specific countries where it is
present. To prevent the introduction of this pest into Japan, MAFF has
decided to ban the import of the fresh fruit of Fijian longan (Pometia pinnata (syn. Allophylus cobbe)), which is a host
plant of the Bactrocera dorsalis
species complex originating from the country of Item 4. This measure is being
taken as an emergency action before the enforcement of the revision of the
Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act based on detections of
the Bactrocera dorsalis species
complex during import inspections.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
[X] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number): IPPC Article 7, ISPM 1 and ISPM 20
[ ] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international
standard?
[X] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are
available:
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List of the Import Prohibited Plants
(Annexed Table 2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection
Act), MAF Ordinance No. 73/1950 (online), available from https://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_Annexed_Table2.html (until 22 December 2025)
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List of the Import Prohibited Plants
(Annexed Table 2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection
Act), MAF Ordinance No. 73/1950 (online), available from https://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_Annexed_Table2_from_20251223.html (from 23 December 2025)
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Date of
entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period
of application (as applicable):
This emergency measure will enter into force on the day following the
date on which this notification is distributed.
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
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Agency
or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address
(if available) of other body:
Standards
Information Service
International
Trade Division
Economic
Affairs Bureau
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
2-2-1
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
100-8919, Japan
Tel: +(81 3) 5501 8344
Fax: +(81 3) 5501 8343
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp
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Text(s) available
from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Standards Information Service
International Trade Division
Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8919, Japan
Tel: +(81 3) 5501 8344
Fax: +(81 3) 5501 8343
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp
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