WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.51
19March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0975)
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):
LPGasinstantaneous water heaters (HS:84.19)
LPGasstoves (HS:73.21)
LPGasbathheaters withgasburners (HS:73.21)
LPGasbathburners (HS:84.16)
LPGasbathburner cocks (HS:84.81)
LPGasdepressor (HS:84.81)
LPGaspressure cookers (HS:73.23)
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Revision ofCabinet Order ofLaw
Concerning Safety andOptimum Transaction ofLiquified Petroleum GasofJapan, etc.
(available inJapanese, 3pages)
6. Description ofcontent:
(1) Apart ofitems classified in"First-class Liquified Petroleum (LP) Gas
Equipments andAppliances" willbetransferred to"Second-class LPGas
Equipments andAppliances".
(2) Apartofitems classified in"First-class LPGasEquipments andAppliances"
willbeexcluded from theabove twocategories.
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7. Objective andrationale: Toreview categorization ofLPgasequipments andappliances
forstreamlining regulations andtomake necessary adjustment ontechnical regulations
forsuchequipments andappliances.
8. Relevant documents: The basic lawisLaw Concerning Safety andOptimum
Transaction ofLiquified Petroleum Gas.
Thisordinance willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 27March 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: