(Use of Agricultural Chemicals That Need to be Covered) 

Article 8 An agricultural chemical user must, when using agricultural chemicals containing chloropicrin, endeavor to take necessary measures to prevent the agricultural chemicals from volatilizing from the soil on which they have been used. 

(Bookkeeping and Records) 

Article 9 An agricultural chemical user must, when using agricultural chemicals, endeavor to enter the following matters in books: 

(i) date of use of the agricultural chemicals; 

(ii) place where the agricultural chemicals are used; 

(iii) crops, etc. on which the agricultural chemicals are used; 

(iv) type or name of the agricultural chemical used; and 

(v) amount of use per unit area or dilution of the agricultural chemical used. 

## Supplementary Provisions 

(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 (Act No. 141 of 2002) comes into effect (March 10, 2003). 

(Repeal of Ministerial Order to Provide Standards Which Users of Residue- Prone Agricultural Chemicals in Crop or Soil must Comply with Concerning Scope of Applied Pests and Usage) 

Article 2 The Ministerial Order to Provide Standards Which Users of Residue- Prone Agricultural Chemicals in Crop or Soil must Comply with Concerning Scope of Applied Pests and Usage (Order of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry No. 24 of 1971) is repealed. 

(Transitional Measures) 

Article 3 For the purpose of application of the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i), until otherwise provided for by law, the term "edible crops, etc." in the same item is deemed to be replaced with "edible crops, etc. (excluding those approved by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)." 

## Supplementary Provisions [Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment No. 8 of November 5, 2003] 

This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date of promulgation. 

