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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): Pig meat and products
thereof
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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: Spain, and countries, regions or zones
approved as free from rinderpest, FMD, ASF and CSF by Japan
htps://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/english/news/third-free.html
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Title of
the notified document: Import
suspension of pig meat from Spain.
Language(s): . Number of pages:
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Description
of content: In order to prevent the
introduction of African swine fever (ASF) virus into Japan, MAFF has
suspended the import of pig meat and products thereof from Spain, including
those shipped through third countries, from on 28 November 2025 based on the
"Animal health requirements for meat and viscera derived from pigs and
sausages, ham and bacon made from the said meat and viscera as raw materials
to be exported to Japan from Spain" and the Articles 37 and 44 of the
"Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control".
Pig meat and
products thereof derived from animals slaughtered on and after 30 October
2025, as well as live pigs, pig meat and products thereof transported from
Spain to other countries on and after 30 October 2025 are not eligible to be
exported to Japan, taking into consideration the incubation period of the ASF
virus stipulated in the WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code.
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Objective
and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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: An outbreak of ASF was confirmed in a wild boar presumed dead in
the municipality of Cerdanyola del Vallès, in the comarca of Vallès
Occidental, Barcelona on 26 November 2025.
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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):
[X] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number): Chapter
15.1. " Infection with African swine fever virus"
[ ] International Plant
Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[ ] 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: Current "Animal health requirements for meat and viscera
derived from pigs and sausages, ham and bacon made from the said meat and
viscera as raw materials to be exported to Japan from Spain"
https://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/hou/require/pdf/14-996sp.pdf (available in English and
Japanese)
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Date of
entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period
of application (as applicable): 28 November
2025
[ ] 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:
Japan Enquiry
Point
International
Trade Division
Economic
Affairs Bureau
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
Fax: +(81 31) 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:
Japan Enquiry Point
International Trade Division
Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Fax: +(81 31) 5501 8343
E-mail:enquiry@mofa.go.jp
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