RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.312
30October 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-3339)
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 [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): Electrical machinery and
apparatus, electric appliance (HS: 85.01-85.04, 85.07, 85.11, 85.12, 85.16, 85.17,
85.25, 85.27, 85.31, 85.33, 85.35, 85.36)
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Amendment totheApproval Tests
ofElectrical Machinery/Apparatus andElectric Appliance intheInspection Standards for
Mining Equipment andSupplies (available inJapanese, 2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Inspection standards areestablished formining equipment and
supplies bytheMining Equipment andSupplies Inspection Ordinance inorder tosecure
mine safety.
This notice istoamend the inspection standards ofelectrical
machinery/apparatus andelectric appliance, taking account oftheinternational
standardization.
7. Objective andrationale: Tosecure mine safety.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheMining Safety Law. Thesaidamendment
willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notyetdetermined.
10. Final dateforcomments: 22December 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: