WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/9
5 February 2001
(01-0556)
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 [    ], 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
6. Description of content:   Amendment of the relevant regulations as follows:
(1) A speed limitation device will be mandatory for trucks whose gross vehicle weight
is 8 tons or more, or whose maximum loading capacity is 5 tons or more.
(2) Mandatory requirement of equipping a speed indicator will be abolished for trucks
whose gross vehicle weight is 8 tons or more, or whose maximum loading capacity
is 5 tons or more.
(3) Motor vehicles will be allowed to be equipped with an anti-theft device.
(4) Buses and other vehicles will be allowed to be equipped with an alarm device
which tells an emergency to the outside.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To enhance safety of motor vehicles.
8. Relevant documents:   The Safety Regulations for Road Vehicles (1951 Ministerial
Ordinance No. 67).  The amendment will appear in "KAMPO" (Official GovernmentGazette) where promulgated.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2001
Proposed date of entry into force: September 2003 for (1), March 2001 for (2), (3)
and (4) in item 6 above.
10. Final date for comments:   26 March 2001
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:           