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<Law OriginalPromulgateDate="February 21, 2025" LawType="CabinetOrder" Lang="en" Year="7" Era="Reiwa" Num="039">
		<LawNum>Cabinet Order No. 39 of February 21, 2025</LawNum>
		<LawBody>
			<LawTitle>Order for Enforcement of the Act on Countermeasures for Difficult Food Supply Situations</LawTitle>
			<EnactStatement>Order for Enforcement of the Act on Countermeasures for Difficult Food Supply Situations is hereby promulgated.</EnactStatement>
			<MainProvision>
				<Article Num="1" id="en_at1">
					<ArticleTitle>Article 1</ArticleTitle>
					<Paragraph Num="1" id="en_at1cl1">
						<ParagraphNum>(1)</ParagraphNum>
						<ParagraphSentence>
							<Sentence>The agricultural, forestry, and fishery products specified by Cabinet Order referred to in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Countermeasures for Difficult Food Supply Situations (referred to as the "Act" below) are the following agricultural, forestry, and fishery products:</Sentence>
						</ParagraphSentence>
						<Item Num="1">
							<ItemTitle>(i)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">rice;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="2">
							<ItemTitle>(ii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">wheat;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="3">
							<ItemTitle>(iii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">soybeans;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="4">
							<ItemTitle>(iv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">rapeseed or oil palm;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="5">
							<ItemTitle>(v)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">sugar beets or sugar cane;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="6">
							<ItemTitle>(vi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">raw milk (meaning straight milk);</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="7">
							<ItemTitle>(vii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence>beef, pork, or chicken; and</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="8">
							<ItemTitle>(viii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence>chicken eggs.</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
					</Paragraph>
					<Paragraph Num="2" id="en_at1cl2">
						<ParagraphNum>(2)</ParagraphNum>
						<ParagraphSentence>
							<Sentence>The food specified by Cabinet Order referred to in Article 2, item (i) of the Act is the following foods:</Sentence>
						</ParagraphSentence>
						<Item Num="1">
							<ItemTitle>(i)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">wheat flour;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="2">
							<ItemTitle>(ii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">vegetable oils and fats (limited to those made from agricultural, forestry, and fishery products stated in item (iii) or (iv) of the preceding paragraph);</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="3">
							<ItemTitle>(iii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">sugar (limited to sugar made from the agricultural, forestry, and fishery products stated in item (v) of the preceding paragraph);</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="4">
							<ItemTitle>(iv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence>drinking milk (including processed milk (limited to milk made from the agricultural, forestry, and fishery products stated in item (vi) of the preceding paragraph)) or dairy products (limited to dairy products made from the agricultural, forestry, and fishery products stated in the same item); and</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="5">
							<ItemTitle>(v)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence>chicken eggs from which the shell has been removed (including those that have been dried or otherwise treated so as to be suitable for preservation).</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
					</Paragraph>
				</Article>
				<Article Num="2" id="en_at2">
					<ArticleCaption>(Specified Materials)</ArticleCaption>
					<ArticleTitle>Article 2</ArticleTitle>
					<Paragraph Num="1" id="en_at2cl1">
						<ParagraphNum>(1)</ParagraphNum>
						<ParagraphSentence>
							<Sentence>The materials specified by Cabinet Order referred to in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act are the materials specified in the following items according to the category of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products stated in the following items:</Sentence>
						</ParagraphSentence>
						<Item Num="1">
							<ItemTitle>(i)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Column Num="1">
									<Sentence>agricultural, forestry, and fishery products stated in paragraph (1), items (i) through (v) of the preceding Article:</Sentence>
								</Column>
								<Column Num="2">
									<Sentence>fertilizers, agricultural chemicals (meaning agricultural chemicals provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act (Act No. 82 of 1948)), or seedlings used in the production of those products; and</Sentence>
								</Column>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="2">
							<ItemTitle>(ii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Column Num="1">
									<Sentence>agricultural, forestry, and fishery products stated in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) of the preceding Article:</Sentence>
								</Column>
								<Column Num="2">
									<Sentence>feed used in the production of those products (including seedlings of feed crops used in that feed) or pharmaceuticals for animals (meaning pharmaceuticals provided in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (Act No. 145 of 1960) that are intended exclusively for use on animals).</Sentence>
								</Column>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
					</Paragraph>
				</Article>
				<Article Num="3" id="en_at3">
					<ArticleCaption>(Designated Administrative Bodies)</ArticleCaption>
					<ArticleTitle>Article 3</ArticleTitle>
					<Paragraph Num="1" id="en_at3cl1">
						<ParagraphNum>(1)</ParagraphNum>
						<ParagraphSentence>
							<Sentence>The bodies specified by Cabinet Order referred to in Article 2, item (vi) of the Act are the following bodies:</Sentence>
						</ParagraphSentence>
						<Item Num="1">
							<ItemTitle>(i)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Cabinet Office;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="2">
							<ItemTitle>(ii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">National Public Safety Commission;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="3">
							<ItemTitle>(iii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">National Police Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="4">
							<ItemTitle>(iv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Financial Services Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="5">
							<ItemTitle>(v)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Consumer Affairs Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="6">
							<ItemTitle>(vi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Children and Families Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="7">
							<ItemTitle>(vii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Digital Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="8">
							<ItemTitle>(viii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="9">
							<ItemTitle>(ix)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of Justice;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="10">
							<ItemTitle>(x)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of Foreign Affairs;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="11">
							<ItemTitle>(xi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of Finance;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="12">
							<ItemTitle>(xii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">National Tax Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="13">
							<ItemTitle>(xiii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="14">
							<ItemTitle>(xiv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="15">
							<ItemTitle>(xv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">quarantine station;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="16">
							<ItemTitle>(xvi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="17">
							<ItemTitle>(xvii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">plant protection station;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="18">
							<ItemTitle>(xviii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Naha Plant Protection Station;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="19">
							<ItemTitle>(xix)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Animal Quarantine Service;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="20">
							<ItemTitle>(xx)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">National Veterinary Assay Laboratory;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="21">
							<ItemTitle>(xxi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="22">
							<ItemTitle>(xxii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Agency for Natural Resources and Energy;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="23">
							<ItemTitle>(xxiii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Small and Medium Enterprise Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="24">
							<ItemTitle>(xxiv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="25">
							<ItemTitle>(xxv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Japan Meteorological Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="26">
							<ItemTitle>(xxvi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Japan Coast Guard;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="27">
							<ItemTitle>(xxvii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Ministry of the Environment;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="28">
							<ItemTitle>(xxviii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence>Ministry of Defense; and</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="29">
							<ItemTitle>(xxix)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence>Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency.</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
					</Paragraph>
				</Article>
				<Article Num="4" id="en_at4">
					<ArticleCaption>(Designated Local Administrative Bodies)</ArticleCaption>
					<ArticleTitle>Article 4</ArticleTitle>
					<Paragraph Num="1" id="en_at4cl1">
						<ParagraphNum>(1)</ParagraphNum>
						<ParagraphSentence>
							<Sentence>The local administrative bodies of the national government specified by Cabinet Order referred to in Article 2, item (vii) of the Act are the following bodies:</Sentence>
						</ParagraphSentence>
						<Item Num="1">
							<ItemTitle>(i)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Okinawa General Bureau;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="2">
							<ItemTitle>(ii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Regional Police Bureaus;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="3">
							<ItemTitle>(iii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Tokyo Metropolitan Police Info-Communications Department;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="4">
							<ItemTitle>(iv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Hokkaido Prefectural Police Info-Communications Department;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="5">
							<ItemTitle>(v)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Local Finance Bureaus;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="6">
							<ItemTitle>(vi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="7">
							<ItemTitle>(vii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Customs;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="8">
							<ItemTitle>(viii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Okinawa Regional Customs;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="9">
							<ItemTitle>(ix)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Regional Taxation Bureau;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="10">
							<ItemTitle>(x)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Okinawa Regional Taxation Office;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="11">
							<ItemTitle>(xi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Regional Agricultural Administration Offices;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="12">
							<ItemTitle>(xii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Hokkaido District Agriculture Office;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="13">
							<ItemTitle>(xiii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="14">
							<ItemTitle>(xiv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Regional Development Bureau;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="15">
							<ItemTitle>(xv)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="16">
							<ItemTitle>(xvi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">District Transport Bureau;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="17">
							<ItemTitle>(xvii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Regional Civil Aviation Bureau;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="18">
							<ItemTitle>(xviii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Air Traffic Control Center;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="19">
							<ItemTitle>(xix)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="20">
							<ItemTitle>(xx)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Okinawa Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="21">
							<ItemTitle>(xxi)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence Num="1" Function="Main">Regional Coast Guard Headquarters;</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="22">
							<ItemTitle>(xxii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence>Regional Environment Office; and</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
						<Item Num="23">
							<ItemTitle>(xxiii)</ItemTitle>
							<ItemSentence>
								<Sentence>Regional Defense Bureau.</Sentence>
							</ItemSentence>
						</Item>
					</Paragraph>
				</Article>
			</MainProvision>
			<SupplProvision id="en_s1">
				<SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provisions</SupplProvisionLabel>
				<Paragraph Num="1" id="en_s1cl1">
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					<ParagraphSentence>
						<Sentence>This Cabinet Order comes into effect on the date on which the Act comes into effect (April 1, 2025).</Sentence>
					</ParagraphSentence>
				</Paragraph>
			</SupplProvision>
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