WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.456
23December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5416)
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 ofHealth andWelfare
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Deleterious substance:
Emamectin, Emamectin saltsandpreparations containing suchsubstances (HS:29)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment tothe
Poisonous andDeleterious Substances Designation Order (1page, available inJapanese)
6. Description ofcontent: Additional designation ofdeleterious substance.
7. Objective andrationale: Toprevent accidents caused bydeleterious substances.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawisthePoisonous andDeleterious Substances Control
Law. Thisamendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1April 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 6March 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: