This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of June 21, 2005; provided, however, that the provisions amending Appended Table 1 come into effect as of the date of promulgation. 

## Supplementary Provisions [Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment No. 3 of November 30, 2018] [Extract] 

(Effective Date) 

Article 1 This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act comes into effect (December 1, 2018). 

(Transitional Measures upon Partial Amendment of the Ministerial Order to Provide Standards Which Users of Agricultural Chemicals Must Comply With) 

Article 2 The provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Ministerial Order to Provide Standards Which Users of Agricultural Chemicals Must Comply With amended by the provisions of Article 1 apply to the submission of an agricultural chemical use plan under the same paragraph that is carried out in or after fiscal year 2019. 

## Supplementary Provisions [Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment No. 5 of June 28, 2019] 

This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act (Act No. 53 of 2018) come into effect (April 1, 2020). 

Appendix (Re: Article 2) 

Q = Q0 (A / A0) 

Q is calculated as the amount of use of agricultural chemicals to be complied with by agricultural chemical users. 

Q0 is the maximum amount of use per unit area prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Regulation. 

A is the area of farmland, etc. on which agricultural chemicals are intended to be used. 

A0 is the unit area prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Regulation. 

