. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.113
23 March 1999
(99-1165)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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 International Trade and Industry
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 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):           
- Portable LPG ranges (HS: 73.21);
- instantaneous water heaters for LPG (HS: 84.19);
- bath heaters with gas burners for LPG (HS: 73.21);
- bath boilers (HS: 73.21);
- bath boiler burners for LPG (HS: 73.21);
- room heaters for LPG (HS: 73.21);- bath cocks for LPG (HS: 84.81);
- gas leakage alarms for LPG (HS: 85.43);
- low pressure hoses with assemblies for LPG (HS: 83.07);
- automatic earthquake-activated s hut-down valves for LPG (HS: 84.81);
- pressure regulators (HS: 84.81);- high pressure hoses with assemblies for LPG (HS: 83.07).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision of The Law
concerning the Securing of Safety and the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied
Petroleum Gas (available in English, 1 page).
6. Description of content:  The Government Certification, including Inspection etc. for
conformity assessment with technical regulation will be abolished for some items, and
instead self-certification or certification by the third bodies will be required.  And recording
and retention of inspection data and affixing the mark will be required.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
To maintain and improve the safety of consumer, by reviewing the role shared by
the Government and private bodies, and by rationalization of regulations through
establishment of the system promoted by private bodies' participation.G/TBT/Notif.99.113
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8. Relevant documents:  Revision is based on the "Law Concerning the Securing of Safety and
the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas" and "Ministerial Ordinance
Concerning the Inspection etc. of Appara tus etc. for Liquified Petroleum Gas".
This ordinance will appear in "KAMPO" (Official Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } October 2000
10. Final date for comments:  15 April 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: