WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.347
10July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2908)
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 canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],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): Household goods except
medical andagricultural goods. (34.01, 34.02, 34.05, 39.22, 39.23, 39.24, 39,26.
42.02, 42.03, 43.04, 48.03, 48.18, 5063 (excluding 56,59) 66.01, 70.12, 70.13, 76.07,
85.09, 85.10, 85.16, 85.28, 90.04, 91.13, 94.01, 94.03, 94.04)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revision ofaPartof
Cabinet Ordinance, Ministerial Ordinance andOfficial Notification oftheHousehold
Goods Quality Labelling Law(2pages, available inEnglish)
6. Description ofcontent:
1. Toreview thedesignated items list.
Outline oftherevision forthedesignated items asfollows:
- Commodities that will doconsumers harm without labelling are
added todesignated items listconsidering those marketing and
complaints from consumers;
- Commodities with small market areexempted.
2. Toreview theitems oflabelling.
Theitems ofquality labelling oncommodities are designated. The
revisions areplanned tomake theitems limited foronlythatarenecessary for
consumers toidentify thequality ofgoods.
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6. Description ofcontent: (cont'd)
3. Toreview thelabelling methods.
Therevisions areplanned tomake labelling methods flexible withclear andeasy
tounderstand forconsumers.
4. Torepeal notification ofthequality indication number fortextile goods.
Textile goods have been permitted towrite thequality indication number
fortextile goods instead ofwriting companies name. However, taking
into consideration consumers 'convenience textile goods shall carry the
name, address and telephone number ofmanufacturers, distributors or
labelling agents.
5. TheCabinet Order iscancelled ontextile composition.
MITI hasordered themanufacturers, distributors orlabelling agents to
observe the provisions oftextile composition. This order will be
cancelled.
7. Objective andrationale: Itisneeded toreview thelaw torespond tothe
diversity and complexity ofhousehold goods according totechnological
innovation, changing lifestyles andenforcement oftheProduct Liability Law.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheHousehold Goods Quality Labelling Law.
Thisrevisions willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: September 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 10September 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
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