WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.411
27November 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5027)
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 canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Equipments usedbythe
gasutility industry andgasappliances (HS:72.01 ~85.48)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revision ofthe
Enforcement Ordinance oftheGasUtility Industry Law, etc. (2pages, available
inJapanese)
6. Description ofcontent: Deregulation onequipments usedbythegasutility industry and
adoption ofinternational system units.
7. Objective andrationale: Toreview theregulations including theEnforcement Ordinance
oftheGasUtility Industry Law, inorder toundertake deregulation onequipments used
bythegasutility industry.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheGasUtility Industry Law.
ThisOrdinance willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 13January 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: