WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.63
6February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0435)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofInternational Trade andIndustry
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Heat supply facilities
(HS: 73.04, 84.13)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revision ofthe
Enforcement Ordinances forTechnical Standards forHeatSupply Facilities (available in
English, 2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Outline ofplanned revisions asfollows:
- Torevise these standards tomake acceptable offoreign standards;
- toestablish standards solely interms ofperformance thatisnecessary toensure
safety. Specific means ormeasures realize suchstandards arenotprovided for;
- tosimplify these standards bydeleting requirements lessimportant forsafety.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: For
thepurpose ofpromptly responding totheneeds anddevelopment ofnewtechnologies,
tosimplify standards andtointroduce performance based standards.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheHeat Supply Business Law. Thisrevision
willbemade public in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted
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9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 15April 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: