Notification of the Revision of the Pesticide Registration System

As was announced in G/SPS/N/JPN/593 dated 1 August 2018, the revision of the Agricultural Chemicals Control Act (Act No 53 of 2018) and the related laws and regulations will enter into force on 1 December 2018.The schedule for the revisions is as follows:- Periodic re-evaluation: 2021 (The first announce for active ingredients to be re-evaluated will be conducted in 2019);- Annual report for information on the safe use of registered pesticides: October 2019.
This is to notify the outline of the revision as attached (available in Japanese only):http://www.maff.go.jp/j/law/bill/196houritsu/index.html.