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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.247
16August 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2418)
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):
Gasoline, kerosene, diesel (HS:27)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Amendment totheMinisterial
Ordinance Based ontheGasoline Retail Business Law(available inJapanese, 1page)
6. Description ofcontent:
(a) Current mandatory specification formotor gasoline willbechanged;
(b) mandatory specification formotor diesel fuelandroom-heating kerosene willbe
introduced.
(c) specific mark willbedesignated, which retailers ofmotor gasoline, motor diesel
orroom-heating kerosene canchoose todisplay attheirfilling stations/shops if
thegasoline, diesel orkerosene theysellfulfils acertain quality standard.
Note: Thisnotification explains thatthemandatory specification willbesetconcretely.
7. Objective andrationale: Inresponse totheabolition ofthe"Provisional Measures Law
ontheImportation ofSpecific Petroleum Refined Products" which hasrestricted those
whocanimport gasoline, kerosene anddiesel torefineries, quality standard forgasoline,
kerosene anddiesel willbeformally specified byMinisterial Ordinance.
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8. Relevant documents: Theabove Ministerial Ordinance willbesetunder theLawonthe
Quality Control ofGasoline andOther Fuels (amended titleoftheGasoline Retail
Business Law). This ordinance willappear inthe"KAMPO" (Official Government
Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1April 1996 (tentative)
10. Final dateforcomments: 25September 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: