. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/56
25 October 2002
(02-5876)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Motor vehicles
(HS: 87.01-08, 87.11, 87.14 and 87.16)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Partial Amendment to
the Safety Regulations for Road Vehicles, etc.
6. Description of content:
1) To amend the relevant regulations in order to apply new regulations concerning
driver's field of vision (direct vision in frontward and indirect vision in near frontward and
sideward) to passenger cards and light trucks.
2) To amend the relevant regulations concerning tyres in order to harmonize them with
No. 30, 54 and 75 to regulations based on "UN/ECE 1958 Agreement".
3) And to amend the relevant regulations concerning protection against unauthorized
use in order to harmonize them with the draft regulation
"UN/ECE/TRANS/WP29/2000/3/rev.1" based on "UN/ECE 1958 Agreement".
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To prevent accident caused by enlarged blind spot of vehicles with high eye-point, such as
MPV;  and to harmonize with relevant international standards.
8. Relevant documents:   The Safety Regulations for Road Vehicles (1951 Ministerial
Ordinance No. 67), etc.  The amendments w ill appear in "KAMPO" (Official Government
Gazette) when promulgated.G/TBT/N/JPN/56
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2003
Proposed date of entry into force: January 2005 for 1) of 6.  (*January 2007
especially for indirect field of vision of in-
production models);
May 2003 for 2) and 3) of 6.  (*Exemption terms tobe determined)
10. Final date for comments:   25 December 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           