WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS76/11/Add.15
8 June 2001
(01-2839)
Original:  English
JAPAN – MEASURES AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Status Report by Japan
Addendum
The following communication, dated 7 June 2001, from the Permanent Mission of Japan to
the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6 of the DSU.
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Status Report on the Implementation of the Recommendations and Rulings
in the Dispute regarding
Japan – Measures Affecting Agricultural Products
Pursuant to Article 21.6 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes (DSU), the Government of  Japan (GOJ) informs the Dispute Settlement Body
(DSB) on the status of the implementation of th e Recommendations of the DSB regarding "Japan –
Measures Affecting Agricultural Products".  Since this matter will be placed on the agenda of the
DSB on 20 June 2001, the GOJ presents its sixteenth status report as follows:
The Governments of Japan and the United States have completed technical consultations
regarding a new methodology on the eight products that are currently subject to import prohibition, as
these products are hosts of codling moth.  Japan expects that Japan and the United States will notify
the DSB of a mutually satisfactory solution in the near future.
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