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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/9/JPN/1
10 January 2002
(02-0127)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
INFORMATION TO BE NOTIFIED TO THE COMMITTEE
WHERE A SAFEGUARD INVESTIGATION IS TERMINATED
WITH NO SAFEGUARD MEASURE IMPOSED
JAPAN
The following communication, dated 7 January 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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Pursuant to the decision of the Committee on Sa feguards at its 6 November 1995 meeting and
in light of the format for notifications adopted  by the Committee at its 6 May 1996 special meeting
(document G/SG/2, 1 July 1996) the Government of Ja pan notifies that the safeguard investigations on
welsh onion, shiitake mushroom, and tatami-omote have been terminated without taking definitive
safeguard measures, as follows:
1. Specify the products subject to investigation
1. Welsh Onion
Welsh Onion, fresh or chilled, classified in the sub-heading 0703.90.0101 of the Import
Statistical Schedule of Japan based on the nomenclature of the International Convention on the
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.  Scientific name:  " Allium fistulosum L ".
2. Shiitake Mushroom
Fruit body of Shiitake Mushroom, fresh or chilled, classified in the sub-heading 0709.51.020
of the Import Statistical Schedule of Japan based on the nomenclature of the International Convention
on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.  Scientific name:  " Lentinus edodes
Sing.(Tricholomataceae)".
3. Tatami-Omote
Tatami-Omote, woven by Igusa (scientific name:  " Juncus effusus ") or Shichitoi (scientific
name:  " Cyperus tegetiformis ") as the weft and by thread as the warp, classified in the sub-heading
4601.91.210 (from 23 April 2001, 4601.91.2112) of the Import Statistical Schedule of Japan based on
                                                     
1 Pursuant to Ministry of Finance Notification No. 246 (4 December 2000, effective as of
1 January 2001), tariff classification of welsh onion was renewed.
2 Pursuant to Ministry of Finance Notification No. 124 (20 April 2001, effective as of 23 April 2001),
tariff classification of tatami-omote was renewed.G/SG/N/9/JPN/1
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the nomenclature of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and
Coding System.
2. Identify the WTO document containing the notification of initiation
G/SG/N/6/JPN/1
The notification before taking provisional safeguard measures was also made in
G/SG/N/7/JPN/1, G/SG/N/11/JPN/1.
3. Specify the date on which the investigation was terminated
21 December 2001.
4. Identify the reason for termination
The competent authorities of Japan have deemed it not urgently necessary in the interest of
the national economy to take definitive safeguard measures as prescribed in the relevant domestic
laws and regulations.3
5. Provide the reference for the published noti ce of termination (name of notifying
Member's official journal, date and page number at which notice appeared in the
journal)
Ministry of Finance Notification No. 431 (wel sh onion), No. 432 (shiitake mushroom) and
No. 433 (tatami-omote) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Notification No. 741 (welshonion), No. 742 (shiitake mushroom), No. 743 (tatami-omote) published in the Official Gazette ,
25 December 2001.
6. Provide any other information that the notifying Member may consider relevant
Not applicable.
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3 Under Article 9(1) of the customs Tariff Law and Article 2 of the Regulations to Govern Emergency
Measures to be Taken in Response to an Increase in the Importation of Goods, both of which have been notified
in G/SG/N/1/JPN/2 (17 July 1995).