WTO notification · SPS
JapanEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency
Official title
Emergency measures to mitigate the risk of introducing Meloidogyne enterolobii
Japan notified this emergency SPS measure on 9 October 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.
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Underground parts of the live plants being capable of planting for cultivation listed in the attachment (excluding live plants that are aseptically cultured, sealed in test tubes, flasks, etc., and imported being free from the quarantine pest)
The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/JPN/1433; it forwards comments to Japan.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)To prevent the introduction of Meloidogyne enterolobii into Japan, the MAFF required National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPO) of exporting regions/countries to certify that: For Underground parts of the live plants being capable of planting for cultivation listed in the document attached: The plants are grown at a place of production or a production site (including a plant growth facility) where M. enterolobii has not been known to occur or was known to occur previously but has been eradicated; and; The plants are inspected at the place of production or the production site during the growing season, and the growing medium and the underground parts of the plants are examined by an appropriate nematological test and found to be free from M. enterolobii. Therefore, exporting regions/countries of the NPPO were required to include an additional declaration, for example, by stating that 'Fulfills item 13 of the Annexed Table 2-2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act (MAF Ordinance No73/1950)'.
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