. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.314
28 June 1999
(99-2657)
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 International Trade and Industry
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 [ X], 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 electric refrigerator-freezers (HS: 8418.10)
- Household electric refrigerators-freezers (HS: 8418.21)
- Household electric freezers (HS: 8418.40-010)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Revision to
Enforcement Ordinance and Enforcement Regulation for the Law Concerning the RationalUse of Energy and Establishment of Ministerial Ordinance (available in English, 2 pages)
6. Description of content:   Based on the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy,
household electric refrigerators and electric freezers will be designated as "Designated
Machinery", and the methods for measuring the Energy Consumption Efficiency that is the
performance of these Designated Machinery with respect to the amount of energy
consumption which is described in numerical values will be prescribed as well as target
energy consumption values to be used as the standard for judgement by the manufacturer or
Importer of the Designated Machinery.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To promote energy conservation through prevalence of Machinery and Equipment whose
energy consumption efficiency is high, in order to cope with the recent increase of energy
consumption in commercial/household sector, global warming problem, and so on.
8. Relevant documents:   The basic Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy.  This
revision will appear in "Kampo" (Official Gazette) when adopted
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 October 1999G/TBT/Notif.99.314
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10. Final date for comments:   30 August 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           