WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.52
19March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0976)
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):
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) Theprovisions oftheexisting technical regulations onlyapplicable toLiquified
Petroleum (LP)gasequipments andappliances which willbetransferred from
"First-class LPGasEquipments andAppliances" to"Second-class LPGas
Equipments andAppliances" willbedeleted andnewtechnical regulations for
such LPgasequipments andappliances classified in"Second-class LPGas
Equipments andAppliances" willbeestablished.
(2) Theprovisions oftheexisting technical regulations onlyapplicable toLPgas
equipments andappliances which willbeexcluded fromtheabove twocategories
willbedeleted.
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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: