RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/LIC/N/2/JPN/1
1July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2507)
Original: English Committee onImport Licensing
AGREEMENT ONIMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5
JAPAN
Thefollowing communication hasbeenreceived from thePermanent Mission ofJapan.
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Thisnotification ispursuant toparagraphs 1and3,Article 5oftheAgreement onImport
Licensing Procedures.
1. Member: Japan.
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofHealth andWelfare.
3. Title: Designation ofStimulants RawMaterial under Item9oftheTable attached tothe
Stimulants Control Law.
4. Descriptionofcontent:EightStimulantsRawMaterialshavebeenregulatedundertheStimulants
Control Lawsofar.Onesubstance hasbeendesignated additionally asStimulants RawMaterial by
enacting theCabinet Order onDesignation ofStimulants RawMaterial.
5. Objective andrationale: Toexercise necessary controls overtheimport, export, possession,
manufacture,transfer,receiptanduseofStimulantsRawMaterialdesignatedadditionallyforthepurpose
ofpreventing harm tohealth andhygiene caused bytheabuse ofstimulants.
6. Modification matters: Adding thefollowing substance totheStimulants RawMaterials listed
intheTable attached totheStimulants Control Law.
Listofproducts subject tolicensing procedures:
[Chemical Abstract 'sName]
N,-dimethyl-N-2-propynyl phenethylamine
[INN] Selegiline (levorotary)
[Other name] Itiscommonly referred tointheclinical andpharmaceutical literature as"Deprenyl".
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[Structure formula]
7. Reference:
(a)Contact point forinformation oneligibility:
Narcotics Division, Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau, Ministry ofHealth andWelfare
(FaxNo.+8133501 0034)
(b)Administrative body forsubmission ofapplications:
Application forimport authorization shallbesubmitted tolocaladministrative body
incharge ofpharmaceutical affairs which hasjurisdiction overthelocation ofbusiness
place, thenshallbesenttoNarcotics Division, Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau, Ministry
ofHealth andWelfare.
(c)Dateandname ofpublication where licensing procedures arepublished:
Import licensing procedures arestipulated inparagraph 1,Article 30-6oftheStimulants
Control Lawpromulgated on30June1951, andArticle 12oftheMinistry ofHealth
andWelfare Ordinance implementing theStimulants Control Lawpromulgated on
20July1951.
Theabove-mentioned Cabinet Order onDesignation ofStimulants RawMaterial has
beenpublished in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) dated 21February 1996.
(Date ofentry intoforce: 22March 1996).
(d)Classification ofimport authorization andthemeasure being implemented through the
licensing procedure:
[Classification] Non-automatic
[Measure] Animporter ofStimulants RawMaterial shall, incasehe/she intends to
import Stimulants RawMaterials, obtain thepermission oftheMinister ofHealth and
Welfare foreachimport. TheMinister ofHealth andWelfare shall, when granting
thepermission, issue theimport permission totheapplicant.