# Ministerial Order to Provide Standards Which Users of Agricultural Chemicals Must Comply With (Tentative translation) 

(Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment No. 5 of March 7, 2003) 

In accordance with the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act (Act No. 82 of 1948), a Ministerial Order to Provide Standards Which Users of Agricultural Chemicals Must Comply With is provided as follows. 

(Responsibilities of Agricultural Chemical Users) 

Article 1 Persons that use agricultural chemicals (hereinafter referred to as "agricultural chemical users") have the following responsibilities for the use of the agricultural chemicals: 

(i) to prevent harm to crops, etc.; 

(ii) to prevent causing damage to humans and animals; 

(iii) to prevent causing damage to humans through the use of crops, etc., or through the use of livestock products produced with those crops, etc. used for feed; 

(iv) to prevent causing damage to humans through the use of the crops, etc. cultivated in farmland, etc., or through the use of livestock products produced with those crops, etc. used for feed; 

(v) to prevent causing extreme damage to flora and fauna in the human living environment; and 

(vi) to prevent causing the pollution of water in areas of public waters (meaning the area of public waters provided in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Water Pollution Prevention Act (Act No. 138 of 1970)), and causing damage to humans or animals through the use of the polluted water (including aquatic animals and plants contaminated by the pollution). 

(Compliance with Labeling Information) 

Article 2 (1) Agricultural chemical users must, when using agricultural chemicals on crops, etc. used for food or feed (hereinafter referred to as "edible crops, etc."), comply with the following standards: 

(i) not to use the agricultural chemicals on edible crops, etc. not included in the scope of applied crops, etc.; 

(ii) not to use the agricultural chemicals in quantities exceeding those calculated by the appended formula; 

