. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/10
4 April 2001
(01-1713)
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 Economy, Trade and Industry
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):   Household goods with
the exception of medical and agricultural goods
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Revision of a part of
the Ministerial Notification of the Household Goods Quality Labelling Law
6. Description of content:   The outline of the revision is as follows:
- To unify the expression such as "the labelling method … must be labelled in such a
manner as it will not easily come off from the commodities proper" or "for each
item of commodity";
- To add a word that represents the levels of strength of tempered glass;
- To clarify the meaning of the words that represents the types of wax.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The objective of the revision is to clarify the articles, such as the contents or the matters to
be observed, to be indicated on the labelling of the miscellaneous goods.
8. Relevant documents:   Household Goods Quality Labelling Law
9. Proposed date of adoption:  middle of April 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  middle of April 2001 (tentative)
10. Final date for comments:   13 April 2001G/TBT/N/JPN/10
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Consumer Affairs Policy Division
Consumer Affairs DepartmentCommerce and Information Policy Bureau
Ministry of Economy
Trade and Industry (METI)
3-1 Kasumigaseki 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8901
Tel: 03-3501-1905
Fax: 03-3580-6407