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Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/JPN/567 Japan 2017
Sustainable agriculture management, Waste…
Sustainable agriculture management, Waste management and recycling
 Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture
Draft amendment of the Official Specifications…
Draft amendment of the Official Specifications for Normal Fertilizers: by amending the Official Specifications, regulations are to be deregulated to enable composts with flocculants and coagulants to be produced and sold by submitting notification
Environment related objective
To revise the Official Specifications for Normal Fertilizers (compost), which, reflecting advancement of agricultural and scientific technology, contributes to human health and promotes agricultural productivity
So far, composts made of animal wastes as raw materials applied with flocculants and coagulants are only allowed if registered by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries prior to producing and selling them as fertilizers. Thereafter, by amending the Official Specifications, regulations are to be deregulated to enable composts with flocculants and coagulants to be produced and sold by submitting notification.For details, see the attachment.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft amendment of the Official Specifications for Normal Fertilizers: by amending the Official Specifications, regulations are to be deregulated to enable composts with flocculants and coagulants to be produced and sold by submitting notification
Fertilizer; Animal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
3101
Subsidy amount Implementation period
43040
Keywords
Waste
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/JPN/572 Japan 2017
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Technical regulation or specifications Chemicals
Revision of the "Order for Enforcement of…
Revision of the "Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc."
Environment related objective
To prevent environmental pollution by "short-chained chlorinated paraffins", "decabromodiphenyl ether" and "PFOS and its salts", which are potentially hazardous substances because of their non- biodegradability, high degree of bioaccumulation potential, and chronic toxicity, and therefore designated as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Act
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Revision of the "Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc."
The following products in which short-chained chlorinated paraffins (straight-chain chlorinated hydrocarbons with chain lengths ranging from C10 to C13 and a content of chlorine greater than 48 per cent by weight) are used

1. Lubricating, cutting and hydraulic oils
2. Chemicals for flame-retardant treatment for textiles
3. Plasticizers for resin and rubber
4. Paints (limited to those for waterproof and anti-flammable)
5. Adhesives and sealing fillers
6. Fatliquoring agent for leather

The following products in which decabromodiphenyl ether are used
1. Flame-retardant textiles
2. Chemicals for flame-retardant treatment for textiles, resin and rubber
3. Adhesives and sealing fillers
4. Flame-retardant floor covering
5. Flame-retardant curtains
6. Flame-retardant banner-flags

The following products in which Perfuluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its salts are used
1. Etching agents (limited to those for uses in the manufacture of piezoelectric filters or of compound semiconductors which enable radio to transmit and receive radio waves with more than 3 MHz of frequencies)
2. Resist for semiconductors
3. Professional-use photograph films
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
43374
Keywords
Hazardous
Plastic
Pollution
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/JPN/574 Japan 2017
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
 Technical regulation or specifications Chemicals
"Draft revision of the Act on the Protection…
"Draft revision of the Act on the Protection of the Ozone Layer Through the Control of Specified Substances and Other Measures"
Environment related objective
To ensure the implementation of the reduction obligation under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
"Draft revision of the Act on the Protection of the Ozone Layer Through the Control of Specified Substances and Other Measures"
The following chemical substances
1. 1.1.2.2 Tetrafluoroethane HFC-134
2. 1.1.1.2 Tetrafluoroethane HFC-134a
3. 1.1.2 Trifluoroethane HFC-143
4. 1.1.1.3.3 Pentafluoropropane HFC-245fa
5. 1.1.1.3.3 Pentafluorobutane HFC-365mfc
6. 1.1.1.2.3.3.3 Pentafluoropropane HFC-227ea
7. 1.1.1.2.2.3 Hexafluoropropane HFC-236cb
8. 1.1.1.2.3.3. Hexafluoropropane HFC-236ea
9. 1.1.1.3.3.3 Hexafluoropropane HFC-236fa
10. 1.1.2.2.3 Pentafluoropropane HFC-245ca
11. 1.1.1.2.3.4.4.5.5.5 Decafluoropentane HFC-43-10mee
12. Difluoromethane HFC-32
13. 1.1.1.2.2 Pentafluoroethane HFC-125
14. 1.1.1 Trifluoroethane HFC-143a
15. Fluoromethane HFC-41
16. 1.2 Difluoroethane HFC-152
17. 1.1 Difluoroethane HFC-152a
18. Trifluoromethane HFC-23
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
43466
Keywords
MEAs
Soil
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures G/SPS/N/JPN/519 Japan 2017
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Plant protection
 Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, Other
Amendment to the List of Regulated Living…
Amendment to the List of Regulated Living Organisms under the Invasive Alien Species Act
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating Invasive Alien Species
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Amendment to the List of Regulated Living Organisms under the Invasive Alien Species Act
Pycnonotus cafer, Garrulax cineraceus, Aromia bungii, Neolucanus angulatus, N. baladeva, N. giganteus, N. katsuraorum, N. maedai, N. maximus, N. perarmatus, N. saundersii, N. tanakai, N. waterhousei and Hestina assimilis excluding H. assimilis shirakii
Type of measure
Amendment to the List of Invasive Alien Species
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: 1 September 2017
Keywords
Wildlife
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures G/SPS/N/JPN/535 Japan 2017
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem,…
Animal protection, Biodiversity and ecosystem, Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Plant protection
 Technical regulation or specifications Fisheries
Amendment to the List of Regulated Living…
Amendment to the List of Regulated Living Organisms under the Invasive Alien Species Act.
To designate any member of the family Lepisosteidae and any living hybrid organisms of species of the family Lepisosteidae as Invasive Alien Species (IAS)
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating Invasive Alien Species
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Amendment to the List of Regulated Living Organisms under the Invasive Alien Species Act.
To designate any member of the family Lepisosteidae and any living hybrid organisms of species of the family Lepisosteidae as Invasive Alien Species (IAS)
Lepisosteidae spp.
Type of measure
Amendment to the List of Invasive Alien Species
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: 1 April 2018
Keywords
Wildlife
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures G/SPS/N/JPN/540 Japan 2017 Biodiversity and ecosystem, Plant protection Import licences Agriculture
Proposed designation of organisms that need…
Proposed designation of organisms that need notification prior to its importation in Japan
This document provides information about a proposed designation of plant species that needs to be notified to relevant authorities prior to the importation of its seeds and/or seedlings. This document also provides the proposed timeline for plant seeds and/or seedlings to be notified to the authorities.
The legal basis of the list is derived from the Act on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity through Regulations on the Use of Living Modified Organisms.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by requiring authorization prior to the importation of certain organisms, specifically living modified organisms
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Proposed designation of organisms that need notification prior to its importation in Japan
This document provides information about a proposed designation of plant species that needs to be notified to relevant authorities prior to the importation of its seeds and/or seedlings. This document also provides the proposed timeline for plant seeds and/or seedlings to be notified to the authorities.
The legal basis of the list is derived from the Act on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity through Regulations on the Use of Living Modified Organisms.
Papaya seed and seedling, cotton seed (for cultivation)
Type of measure
Import licensing on living modified organisms
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into force: 1 April 2018
Keywords
Bio
Conservation
Sustainable
Wildlife
Genetic
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/315/JPN Japan 2017
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and…
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and compliance
 Grants and direct payments Manufacturing
Subsidy for the Bekko (Tortoiseshell) and Ivory…
Subsidy for the Bekko (Tortoiseshell) and Ivory Crafts Industries
Environment related objective
To provide relief to the tortoise-shell and ivory industries for the losses they have suffered from due to the trade ban by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Subsidy for the Bekko (Tortoiseshell) and Ivory Crafts Industries
Non-profit associations which conduct consulting services or maintaining of processing skill on bekko and ivory, etc. for the bekko and ivory industries; and SMEs in this sector
Type of measure
Grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
4/2015 - 3/2016

Duration of the subsidy: The subsidy was started in April 1991, and will end in March 2017. There is no time limit attached to it.
Keywords
Endangered
MEAs
Wildlife
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/315/JPN Japan 2017
Alternative and renewable energy, Climate change…
Alternative and renewable energy, Climate change mitigation and adaptation
 Grants and direct payments Energy Subsidy for promoting biogasoline
Environment related objective
To promote biogasoline with the object of preventing global warming and to diversifying the source of energy sources
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Subsidy for promoting biogasoline
A corporation engaging in oil refining
Type of measure
Grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
4/2015 - 3/2016

Duration of the subsidy: This program started in April 2011, and ended in March 2016.
Keywords
Bio
Energy
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/315/JPN Japan 2017
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Grants and direct payments Energy Subsidy for Major Oil Spill Response Programme
Environment related objective
To prepare a system to respond to a major oil spill disaster at home or abroad
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Subsidy for Major Oil Spill Response Programme
Petroleum Association of Japan
Type of measure
Grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
4/2015 - 3/2016

Duration of the subsidy: The subsidy was started in April 1990. There is no time limit attached to it.
Keywords
Pollution
Hazardous
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/315/JPN Japan 2017 Energy conservation and efficiency Grants and direct payments Manufacturing
Subsidy for Supporting Action to Improve Energy…
Subsidy for Supporting Action to Improve Energy Efficiency by Private Enterprises (A part for LP gas)
Environment related objective
To promote the introduction of efficient LP Gas appliances by means of a subsidy for a part of the expense necessary for renovating equipment
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Subsidy for Supporting Action to Improve Energy Efficiency by Private Enterprises (A part for LP gas)
Those who introduce efficient gas apparatus, etc. that use LP gas as fuel
Type of measure
Grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
4/2015 - 3/2016

Duration of the subsidy: The subsidy was started in April 2011, and ended in March 2017.
Keywords
Energy