WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.62
6February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0434)
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Electricity meter
(HS: 90.28)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revision ofthe
Ministerial Ordinances forVerification and Inspection ofSpecified Measuring
Instruments (available inEnglish, 2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Based ontheMeasurement Law, theMinister ofInternational
Trade andIndustry willamend theMinisterial Ordinances fortheVerification and
Inspection ofSpecified Measuring Instruments toaddtheprovision ontheordinary
electricity meters oftherated current of250Amperes.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
According tochange ofsocial conditions, theneeds forlarger capacity ofordinary
electricity meters. Therefore, theobjective istopermit thedevelopment anduseof
ordinary electricity meter withtherated current of250Amperes.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheMeasurement Law. Thisrevision willbe
made public in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 27March 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: