(i)plants that have been dried and compressed;

(ii)plants that have been dried and chopped (excluding Senna (Cassia acutifolia) stems, Orange (Citrus sinensis), fruit and peel, and Cassava (Manihot esculenta) root);

(iii)plants that have been dried and crushed or smashed (excluding Orange and Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) fruit and Cassava root);

(iv)plants that have been dried but not compressed, chopped, crushed, or smashed; provided, however, that this excludes wood and the following parts of each of the following plants:

(v)frozen plants (excluding Walnuts (nuts in their shells)).

(i)machines used in agriculture, horticulture, or forestry (limited to those used in leveling land or cultivation);

(ii)mowers, hay makers, balers for straw or grass, harvesters, or threshers used in agriculture; and

(iii)agricultural tractors.

(i)Mombetsu Port, Abashiri Port, Nemuro Port, Hanasaki Port, Kushiro Port, Tokachi Port, Tomakomai Port, Muroran Port, Hakodate Port, Otaru Port, Ishikari Bay Port, Rumoi Port, Wakkanai Port, Aomori Port, Hachinohe Port, Kuji Port, Miyako Port, Kamaishi Port, Ofunato Port, Ishinomaki Port, Sendai- Shiogama Port, Akita Funagawa Port, Noshiro Port, Sakata Port, Soma Port, Onahama Port, Hitachi Port, Hitachinaka Port, Kashima Port, Kisarazu Port, Chiba Port, Keihin Port, Yokosuka Port, Himekawa Port, Naoetsu Port, Kashiwazaki Port, Niigata Port, Fushiki-Toyama Port, Nanao Port, Kanazawa Port, Uchiura Port, Tsuruga Port, Fukui Port, Tagonoura Port, Shimizu Port, Omaezaki Port, Mikawa Port, Kinuura Port, Nagoya Port, Yokkaichi Port, Tsu Port, Maizuru Port, Hannan Port, Hanshin Port, Himeji Port, Shingu Port, Hidaka Port, Wakayama-Shimotsu Port, Tottori Port, Sakai Port, Misumi Port, Hamada Port, Uno Port, Mizushima Port, Fukuyama Port, Onomichi-Itozaki Port, Takehara Port, Kure Port, Hiroshima Port, Iwakuni Port, Hirao Port, Tokuyama-Kudamatsu Port, Mitajiri-Nakanoseki Port, Yamaguchi Port, Ube Port, Kanmon Port, Tokushima-Komatsushima Port, Takuma Port, Marugame Port, Sakaide Port, Takamatsu Port, Uwajima Port, Matsuyama Port, Imabari Port, Niihama Port, Mishima-Kawanoe Port, Kochi Port, Suzaki Port, Hakata Port, Kanda Port, Miike Port, Karatsu Port, Imari Port, Nagasaki Port, Sasebo Port, Hitakatsu Port, Izuhara Port, Minamata Port, Yatsushiro Port, Misumi Port, Kumamoto Port, Nakatsu Port, Oita Port, Saeki Port, Hososhima Port, Aburatsu Port, Shibushi Port, Kagoshima Port, Sendai Port, Komenotsu Port, Kinnakagusuku Port, Naha Port, Hirara Port, Ishigaki Port;

(ii)Asahikawa Airport, New Chitose Airport, Hakodate Airport, Aomori Airport, Sendai Airport, Akita Airport, Fukushima Airport, Hyakuri Airport, Narita International Airport, Tokyo International Airport, Niigata Airport, Toyama Airport, Komatsu Airport, Shizuoka Airport, Nagoya Airport, Chubu International Airport, Kansai International Airport, Osaka International Airport, Kobe Airport, Miho Airport, Okayama Airport, Hiroshima Airport, Takamatsu Airport, Matsuyama Airport, Kitakyushu Airport, Fukuoka Airport, Nagasaki Airport, Kumamoto Airport, Oita Airport, Miyazaki Airport, Kagoshima Airport, Naha Airport, Kadena Airport; and

(iii)Kushiro Airport, Obihiro Airport, Hanamaki Airport, Yamagata Airport, Shonai Airport, Tottori Airport, Izumo Airport, Yamaguchi Ube Airport, Tokushima Airport, Kochi Airport, Saga Airport, Shimojishima Airport, New Ishigaki Airport.

(i)displaying or storing the item as a specimen in a museum, botanical garden, or other public facility;

(ii)using the item as evidence in a criminal investigation;

(iii)providing the item for use in propagating melon flies in order to produce melon flies that have been rendered infertile, with the objective of melon fly pest control;

(iv)using the item for inspections under the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act, Article 8 of the Act, and Article 10 of the Act;

(v)using the item for surveys under the provisions of Article 16-7 of the Act; and

(vi)using the item for reporting under the provisions of Article 16-8 of the Act.

(i)the ceilings, walls, and floors must be configured so that import-prohibited items will not be dispersed, and must be designed so that they will not easily be damaged by external shocks from things such as vibrations, things falling down, or things dropping on them;

(ii)the necessary measures to prevent import-prohibited items from being dispersed must have been taken at entrances and openings, in keeping with the type of item;

(iii)the facilities must have insecticidal and sterilizing equipment such as an autoclave, and must have other equipment necessary for the proper treatment of import-prohibited items;

(iv)the facilities must have the necessary structure, equipment, and functions to prevent import-prohibited items from being dispersed, in keeping with the type of item; and

(v)there must be a person in charge who has the knowledge and skills to manage import-prohibited items safely and appropriately.

(i)that the items are to be imported care of a plant protection station, and conditions on the means of transporting or packing them;

(ii)conditions on import permission for the containers or packages of import-prohibited items that have been imported;

(iii)conditions on the place and term for managing import-prohibited items that have been imported and on other ways of managing them;

(iv)conditions on the person responsible for managing import-prohibited items that have been imported;

(v)conditions on restrictions or prohibitions on the transfer or other handling of the import-prohibited items; and

(vi)conditions on notices and measures to be taken if quarantine pests appear on the plants while they are under management.

(i)regions and plants listed in Annexed Table 2;

(ii)regions and plants listed in Annexed Table 2-2 (excluding those conforming to the standards stated in that table); and

(iii)regions and plants listed in the Annexed Table 1-2 (limited to plants that need to be inspected during the cultivation process and that are not cultivated in the region listed in that table).

(i)the bulbs of lilies, tulips, hyacinths, etc.;

(ii)the tubers of potatoes and tuberous roots of sweet potatoes;

(iii)the seedlings of fruit trees such as citrus, apple, pear, and chestnut; and

(iv)fresh stems and leaves and underground parts of sugar cane.

(i)that the plant must be cultivated in an isolated piece of land or place for a fixed period of time;

(ii)that until the completion of inspection by the plant protection officer, the seeds and seedlings (including their products; the same applies below in this Article and Article 17, paragraph (2)) must not be transferred outside the borders of the isolated piece of land or place;

(iii)that if there is a quarantine pest or any abnormality in the seeds and seedlings during the post-entry quarantine period, the person is to notify the plant protection officer of this without delay; and

(iv)that the person is to implement any measures the plant protection officer instructs them to implement.

(i)conditions on the means of transporting or packing the import-prohibited items that have been transferred;

(ii)conditions on the place and term for managing import-prohibited items that have been transferred and on other ways of managing them;

(iii)conditions on the person responsible for managing the import-prohibited items that have been transferred;

(iv)conditions involving restrictions or prohibitions on the transfer or other handling of the import-prohibited items; and

(v)conditions on notices and measures to be taken if quarantine pests appear on the plants while they are under management.

(i)the applicant's articles of incorporation (but only if the applicant is a corporation) and a certificate of registered information;

(ii)the list of assets and balance sheet for the business year before the business year that includes the date of application; provided, however, that for a corporation that has been incorporated in the business year that includes the date of application, this means the list of assets at the time of its incorporation;

(iii)a business plan and budget for the business year that includes the date of application and the following business year;

(iv)a receipt showing payment of the registration and license tax;

(v)a document containing the following:

(vi)a document explaining that the person that has filed the application referred to in the preceding paragraph complies with the provisions of each item of Article 10-4, paragraph (1) of the Act; and

(vii)other documents stating information of reference.

(i)a person with one year or more of experience in the relevant inspection operations; or

(ii)a person with knowledge and skills equivalent to a person as stated in the preceding item.

(i)inspection at the plant's cultivation site: the applicant must have the machinery, equipment and other facilities stated in Annexed Table 2-3;

(ii)inspections related to disinfection: the applicant must have the machinery, equipment, and other facilities stated in Annexed Table 2-4;

(iii)genetic testing and other inspections requiring advanced technology: the applicant must have the machinery, equipment, and other facilities stated in the right-hand column of Annexed Table 2-5, according to the content of the tests stated in the middle column of that table; and

(iv)visual inspection of plants or items and their containers or packages: the applicant must have the machinery, equipment, and other facilities stated in Annexed Table 2-6.

(i)an outline of inspection operations;

(ii)the areas where the registered conformity inspection body conducts inspections; and

(iii)a list of names and address of all of a registered conformity inspection body's offices (limited to those that conduct inspections).

(i)matters relating to the means of conducting inspection operations;

(ii)matters relating to the organization conducting inspections, inspectors, and other personnel;

(iii)matters relating to machinery, equipment, and other facilities used for inspection operations;

(iv)matters relating to hours and holidays for conducting inspection operations;

(v)matters relating to the maximum number of cases that it can accept applications for inspection for;

(vi)matters relating to the place for performing inspection operations;

(vii)matters relating to the means of calculating and receiving inspection fees;

(viii)matters relating to the preservation of written applications for inspection and other documents related to inspections;

(ix)matters relating to the keeping of financial statements, etc., (meaning financial statements, etc., stated in Article 10-11, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies below in this Article) and the acceptance of requests to inspect or have other access to financial statements, etc.;

(x)matters relating to compensation for damage arising from inspection operations and other provisions on obligations; and

(xi)matters necessary for inspection operations, beyond those stated in the preceding items.

(i)a means that involves using an electronic data processing system that connects the computer that the sender is using and the computer that the recipient is using over a telecommunications line, and that causes information to be transmitted over the telecommunications line and recorded in a file stored on the computer that the recipient is using; or

(ii)a means that involves delivering something containing information that has been recorded into a file created using a thing onto which it is possible to securely record a fixed set of information as an electronic or magnetic record.

(i)the name and address of any person applying for an inspection;

(ii)the date on which it received the application for inspection;

(iii)the date on which it conducted the inspection;

(iv)the place where it conducted the inspection;

(v)inspection items;

(vi)the plants or items it inspected and their quantity;

(vii)the place of production or country of origin of the plants or articles it inspected;

(viii)the name of the inspector who conducted the inspection;

(ix)results of the inspection; and

(x)other necessary matters.

(i)the plants and designated items that are stated in the "plants or designated items" column, and that are located in the regions stated in "regions" column of items 1,2,5, and 6 of Annexed Table 3, and their containers or packages; and

(ii)the plants and designated items that are stated in the "plants or designated items" column, and that are located in the regions stated in "regions" column of items 3 and 4 of Annexed Table 3.

(i)if there is a large quantity of plants, designated items, or their containers or packages as stated in each item of the preceding paragraph, and it is found to be necessary to conduct the inspection at that location in order to accommodate the replacement of those that do not pass the inspection; or

(ii)beyond as referred to in the preceding item, if it is found to be necessary to conduct the inspection at that location in order to manage the cultivation of the plants stated in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph during the transfer inspection.

(i)that, before transferring the transfer-prohibited plants and other articles that the person seeks to transfer, the person will obtain confirmation from the plant protection officer that they have obtained the permission under the proviso to Article 16-3, paragraph (1) of the Act;

(ii)conditions on the means of transporting or packing transfer-prohibited plants and other articles that the person seeks to transfer;

(iii)conditions on the place and term for managing transfer-prohibited plants and other articles after their transfer and on other ways of managing them;

(iv)conditions on the person responsible for managing the transfer-prohibited plants and other articles after their transfer;

(v)conditions involving restrictions or prohibitions on the transfer or other handling of transfer-prohibited plants and other articles after their transfer; and

(vi)conditions on the ways of notifying the relevant persons and the means of taking other measures if harmful animals or harmful plants stated in the "harmful animals or harmful plants" column in Annexed Table 7 for which permission under the proviso to Article 16-3, paragraph (1) of the Act has not been obtained appear during the management of transfer-prohibited plants and other articles after their transfer.

(i)the name of the pest control station;

(ii)its location and jurisdiction;

(iii)the status of the cultivation of crops and the outbreak of harmful animals and harmful plants within its jurisdiction;

(iv)an outline of the facilities;

(v)the full number of officials by occupation;

(vi)an outline of its operations; and

(vii)the scheduled date on which it will begin its operations.