| Implementation of ISPM No.15
from April 2007
Communication from Japan
Based on the result of a pest risk analysis for wood packaging material,
Japan
amended its Import Plant Quarantine Regulation (MAF Notification No.206,
1950). This
amendment was published on 6 October 2006 and will be put into force on
1 April 2007.
With a view to harmonizing our regulation to the international standard,
definition of
wood packaging material and measures for wood packaging material in Japanese
regulation are
equivalent to that provided in ISPM No.15. Wood packaging material treated
and certified
according to ISPM No.15 will not be subject to import quarantine procedures.
Wood packaging
material without the mark (Annex II, ISPM No.15) will be inspected at the
ports of entry by
plant quarantine officer for compliance with the rule. Detection of a quarantine
pest constitutes
a non-compliance, which is, according to Japanese domestic law, subject
to disinfestation,
incineration or re-shipping by consignee’s choice.
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