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3 April 2023  
(23-2309) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  31 March 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Japan . 
 
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Title:  Establishment of "the quantity specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as 
unlikely to cause harm to human health" for raw materials used for food apparatus, containers, and 
packaging (final rule).  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 June 2020  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/11130500/000625501.pdf  (in Japanese)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/JPN/final_measure/23_86 84_00_
e.pdf 
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  The quantity specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as unlikely to 
cause harm to human health for raw materials used for food apparatus, containers, and packaging 
notified in G/TBT/N/JPN/634 was published on 28 April 2020 and entered into force on 1 June 2020.  
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1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  