WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.300
26August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3343)
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 ofTransport
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 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Motor vehicles (HS:87.01, 87.03-87.05)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revisions of
Enforcement Regulations forRoad Vehicles ActandSafety Regulations forRoad
Vehicles, 2pages, available inEnglish
6. Description ofcontent: Toalter thecategorization ofspecial motor vehicles andto
deregulate some safety regulations onthem.
7. Objective andrationale: Toadapt thecategorization ofspecial motor vehicles tocurrent
conditions ofuseofsuchvehicles.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawisRoad Vehicles Act.
These revisions willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: October 1996 atearliest
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: December 1996 atearliest
10. Final dateforcomments: 24October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: