WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/CS/N/106
18 February 1999
(99-0639)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
Under paragraph C of the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and
Application of Standards contained in Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to
Trade, "Standardizing bodies that have accepted or w ithdrawn from this Code shall notify this fact to
the ISO/IEC Information Centre in Geneva."  The following notification conveyed to the Secretariatfrom the ISO/IEC Information Centre is being circulated for the information of Members.
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF THE WTO TBT CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE
Notification of Acceptance
Country/Customs Territor y/Regional Arrangement: JAPAN/CONSTRUCTION
METHOD AND MACHINERY
Name of standardizing body:   Japan Construction Mechanization Association
Address of standardizing body: Kikai Shinko Kaikan,
5-8, 3-Chome, Shibakoen, Minato-ku
Tokyo, 105-0011
Japan
Telephone:  +81 3 5776-7858 Telefax:  + 81 3 3433-0401 Telex:           
E-mail:  nishiwak@jcmanet.or.jp Internet:           
Type of standardizing body:
[    ]  central governmental [     ]  local governmental [X]  non-governmental
Scope of current and expected standardization activities:  JCMA standardization activities are
relating to construction mechanization international, national and as below associational.
1. Machines tests methods, specification forms, design criteria, performance criteria and 
specifications;
2. Machines operation and maintenance criteria;
3. Machines safety, human factors, reliability and durability;
4. International standards domestic translation;
5. Terminology, etc.6. Machines and software use within construction industry.
Date:  16 December 1998