WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.619
11 December 1998
(98-5016)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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 Health and Welfare
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):
- Poisonous substance;  Sodium Azide (HS:29)
- Poisonous substance;  Hexachlorocyclopentadiene(HS:29)
- Deleterious substance;  Chloroacetaldehyde(HS:29)- Deleterious substance;  Dinitrophenol(HS:29)
- Deleterious substance;  Brucine(HS:29)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment to Poisonous
and Deleterious Substances Designation Order (available in Japanese, 3 pages)
6. Description of content:  Additiona l designation of poisonous substance
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Prevention of accidents caused by poisonous substances
8. Relevant documents:  The basic law is the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control
Law
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 1 January 1999
10. Final date for comments:  25 December 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           