Countries whose Organic Certification System is regarded

as Equivalent to the Organic JAS System

(Janualy 2015)

1. Specified Agricultural and Forestry Products

Organic Agricultural Products and Organic Agricultural Processed Foods

2. Name of Countries
the United States of America, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, New
Zealand, member states of the European Union

Japanese importers who are certified by registered certifying body can attach
organic JAS logo to specified agricultural and forestry products to which a
governmental or quasi-governmental certificate is attached upon the import.

NOTEBodies which are recognized as quasi-governmental organizations by the

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries are listed in following document.
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/jas/jas_kikaku/pdf/shoumeisho_hakkoukikan_130701.pdf

3. List of member states of European Union

Ireland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Austria, Netherlands, Cyprus, Greece,
Croatia, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech, Denmark, Germany, Hungary,
Finland, France, Bulgaria, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania,
Romania and Luxembourg