 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/JPN/119 
23 February 2004 
 (04-0748) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Veterinary Products 
(HS: 3001,3002,3003,3004,3005,3006) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   A Partial Revision of 
the Minimum Requirements for Biological Ingredie nts for Animal Use (1 page, available in 
English) 
6. Description of content:   Veterinary products must not c ontain the gelatin derived from the 
organs (brain, spinal cord, eye,  pituitary, skulls, vertebral column (excluding tail vertebrae), 
ileum, lymph nodes, colon, spleen, tonsil, dura mater, pineal gland, placenta, cerebrospinal fluid, adrenal, dorsal spinal ganglion and trigeminal ganglion) of ruminants which come from the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy detected country.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Animal health 
8. Relevant documents:   The Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (available in Japanese) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Late in April 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   16 April 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
 