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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.449
2 September 1998
(98-3366)
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 Transport
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 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  981616
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, 02, 04, 05)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision of the Safety
Regulations for Road Vehicles (available in English)
6. Description of content:  To tighten regulations on noise from the following vehicles:
- Buses with a GVW of exceeding 3.5 t. and a maximum power of less than 150kw;
- trucks with a GVW of exceeding 1.7 t. and less than 3.5 t.;
- mini-sized trucks with cab-over-engine type cab.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To
reduce motor vehicle noise in large city areas and those areas along main trunk roads.          
8. Relevant documents:  The basic law is the Safety Regulations for Road Vehicles Act.
These revisions will be made public in "KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:
(1) For the following domestically-made models:  October 2000 at the earliest:
- Buses with a GVW of exceeding 3.5 t. and a maximum power of less than
150kw;
- trucks with a GVW of exceeding 1.7 t. and less than 3.5 t.;
- mini-sized trucks with cab-over-engine type cab.G/TBT/Notif.98.449
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9.Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force (cont'd):
(2) For the following foreign-made models:  September 2001 at the earliest:
- Buses with a GVW of exceeding 3.5 t. and a maximum power of less than
150kw;
- mini-sized trucks with cab-over-engine type cab.
(3)  For the following foreign-made models:  September 2002 at the earliest:
- Trucks with a GVW of exceeding 1.7 t. and less than 3.5 t.
10. Final date for comments:  13 November 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: