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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.15
5February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0420)
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):
Gasinstantaneous water heaters (HS:84.19);
Gasstoves (HS:73.21);
Gasbathheaters withgasburners (HS:73.21);
Gasbathburners (HS:84.16);
Gasbathburner cocks (HS:84.81);
Gaspressure cookers (HS:73.23).
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Revision ofCabinet Order ofGas
Utility Industry LawofJapan, etc.(available inJapanese, 3pages)
6. Description ofcontent:
(1) Apartofitems classified in"First-Class GasEquipments andAppliances" will
betransferred to"Second-Class GasEquipments andAppliances";
(2) apartofitems classified in"First-Class GasEquipments andAppliances" willbe
excluded from theabove twocategories.
7. Objective andrationale: Toreview categorization ofgasequipments andappliances for
streamlining regulations andtomake necessary adjustments ontechnical regulations for
suchequipments andappliances.
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8. Relevant documents: Thebasic LawistheGasUtility Industry Law.
Thisordinance willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 22March 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: