./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/461
26 September 2000
(00-3864)
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):   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 Concerning the Inspect ion 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 (s ee G/TBT/Notif.99.113, G/TBT/Notif.00/138 and
G/TBT/Notif.00/159), and will be effective from October 2000, the following will be
stipulated:
- Detailed procedure for conducting Conformity Assessment of Specified products;
- Conformity Assessment procedures and procedures to prepare and keep records for
Reporting Suppliers;
- Technical Requirements;
- Method to affix the marks;
- Detailed criteria to which the applicant for the Approved Conformity Assessment
Body will be required, 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 governmentcertification to self-declaration/third-party conformity assessment and the participation ofG/TBT/Notif.00/461
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private sector entities to third-party conformity assessment body, will be realized.  Also, it is
required to ensure the smooth enforcement of the Law.
8. Relevant documents:
Law concerning the securing of safety and the optimization of transaction of liquefied
petroleum gas;
Enforcement Regulations of the Law concerning the securing of safety and the optimization
of transaction of liquefied petroleum gas;
Ministerial Ordinance Concerning the Inspect ion of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment
and Appliances.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  26 September 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2000        
  
10. Final date for comments:   25 September 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           