WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/23
17 October 2001
(01-5078)
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 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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):   Fishing boat engines
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The Enforcement
Regulation of the Fishing Vessel Law, Standards for the Performance of Motorized Fishing
Vessels (7 pages, available in Japanese)
6. Description of content:   The performance evaluation index of fishing boat engines,
established in accordance with the Fishing Vessel Law, is to be amended as follows, in line
with the relevant international standards and reflecting the actual engine output.
1. The present performance evaluation index of fishing boat engines is based on
engine displacement and coefficient applied by engine type.  The new index isbased on brake horsepower (unit:  kilowatt).
2. The maximum limit of the engine performance is amended to be regulated by brake
horsepower (unit:  kilowatt), according to the class categorized by gross tonnage.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of fishery resources
8. Relevant documents:   The Fishing Vessel Law (1950 Law No.178)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be announced in the Official Gazette
10. Final date for comments:   26 December 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:           