RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.248
16August 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2419)
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 ofTransport
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):
Motor vehicles (HS:87.01 -05,87.08, 87.16)
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Revision oftheSafety Regulations
forRoad Vehicles (available inEnglish, 2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Toharmonize thestandards fortheinstallation position ofmotor
vehicle lamps withtheinternational standards, andtoabolish thetypedesignation system
forfour-unit typeheadlamps ofmotor vehicle, etc.
7. Objective andrationale: Toharmonize thestandards withtheinternational standards for
thepurpose ofimprovement ofmarket access.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheSafety Regulations forRoad Vehicles.
Thesaidamendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 16October 1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 9October 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: