WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/27
3 December 2001
(01-6150)
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:   To amend the relevant regulations in order to harmonize them
with No. 11, 17, 25, 48 and 58 of regulations based on "UN/ECE 1958 Agreement" (abbr).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Harmonization with relevant international standards to facilitate international distribution of
motor vehicles, etc.
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.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  March 2002
10. Final date for comments:   28 January 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:           