RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.353
14December 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-4080)
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 ofInternational Trade andIndustry
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
(1)High-pressure gasvessels
(2)Specific equipment inhigh-pressure gasmanufacturing facilities (HS:7311)
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Revision oftheHigh-Pressure Gas
Control Law (available inJapanese, 2pages)
6. Description ofcontent:
(1) Providing thatcertain manufacturers ofhigh-pressure gasvessels, whose
manufacturing facilities andinspection facilities comply withthestandards setby
theMinisterial Ordinance, neednottakeinspections when attached anindicator
ontheirproducts showing thattheymeetthose standards.
(2) Providing thatcertain specific equipment inhigh-pressure gasmanufacturing
facilities neednottakeinspections, when manufactured bymanufacturers whose
manufacturing facilities andinspection facilities comply withthestandards setby
theMinisterial Ordinance, and attached "specific equipment inspection
qualification certificate".
7. Objective andrationale: Deregulation concerning thehigh-pressure gasvessels and
specific equipment inhigh-pressure gasmanufacturing facilities under theHigh-Pressure
GasControl Law.
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8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawintheHigh-Pressure GasControl Law.
ThisOrdinance willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notyetdetermined.
10. Final dateforcomments: 18January 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: