. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/159
24 March 2000
(00-1231)
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 [     ], 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):   Liquefied petroleum gas
equipment and appliances (HS:73, 83, 84 and others)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Revision of the
Ministerial Ordinance of the Conformity Asse ssment Procedure of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Equipment and Appliances
6. Description of content:   In accordance with the provisions of the Law concerning the
securing of safety and the optimization of transaction of liquefied petroleum gas, which was
promulgated in August last year (see G/ TBT/Notif.99/113 and G/TBT/Notif.00/138), and
will be in effect from October 2000, the following will be stipulated:
- Criteria to which the applicant for the Approved Conformity Assessment
Body will be required to conform for conducting Conformity Assessment
fairly;
- the procedure to be followed by th e applicant for the Approved Conformity
Assessment Body;
- the matters to be stipulated in the Rules of Operation by the Approved
Conformity Assessment Body, etc.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Under the Law concerning the securing of safety and the optimization of transaction
of liquefied petroleum gas, the important amendment, such as the transfer from government
certification to self-declaration/third-party conformity assessment and the participation of
private sector entities to third-party conformity assessment body, will be realized.
And, it is required to ensure the smooth enforcement of the Law.G/TBT/Notif.00/159
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8. Relevant documents: Law concerning the securing of safety and the optimization of
transaction of liquefied petroleum gas.
Enforcement Ordinance of the Law concerning the securing of
safety and the optimization of transaction of liquefied petroleum
gas.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  October 2000
10. Final date for comments:   28 March 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           