WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/CS/N/99
22 April 1998
(98-1634)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
Under paragraph C of the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and
Application of Standards contained in Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to
Trade, "Standardizing bodies that have accepted or w ithdrawn from this Code shall notify this fact to
the ISO/IEC Information Centre in Geneva."  The following notification conveyed to the Secretariat
from the ISO/IEC Information Centre is being circulated for the information of Members.
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF THE WTO TBT CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE
Notification of Acceptance
Country/Customs Territor y/Regional Arrangement: JAPAN/FERROUS MATERIALS
AND METALLURGY
Name of standardizing body: The Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF)
Address of standardizing body: Keidanren Kaikan 9-4
1-ChomeOTE-Machi
Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo 100-0004
Japan
Telephone:   +81 3 3279 3623  Telefax:  +81 3 3241 3941   Telex:
E-mail:   std@jisf.orjp
Type of standardizing body:
 [ ]  central governmental [ ]  local governmental [X]  non-governmental
Scope of current and expected standardization activities:   The Japan Iron and Steel
Federation's activity of standardization are represented under the following items:
1. Preparation of Draft JIS.
2. Secretariat of technical committees and subcommittees, Participate in meetings of ISO/TC17
(Steel), ISO/TC67/SC5 (Casting, tubing and drill pipe), ISO/TC102
(Iron ores), and ISO/TC176 (Quality Management and quality assurance).
3. Publication of the JFS (Japan Iron and Steel Federation Standard).
4. Others
Date:   2 December 1997