RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.358
22December 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-4134)
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): Video taperecorders
(HS:8521.10)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Amendment toEnforcement
Ordinance fortheLaw Concerning theRational UseofEnergy andIssuance of
Ministerial Notice (available inJapanese, 3pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Based ontheLawConcerning theRational UseofEnergy, the
video taperecorders willbedesignated asa"Designated Machinery" andbesubject to
theprovisions oftheabove-mentioned Notice concerning indication ofenergy
consumption efficiency ofmachinery andequipment. Theways toassess energy
consumption efficiency ofthevideo taperecorder andthemethods ofindication willbe
provided intheNotice.
7. Objective andrationale: Topromote energy conservation through wider useof
machinery andequipment whose energy consumption efficiency ishigh, inorder tocope
with therecent increase ofenergy consumption inhousehold-service sectors, global
warming problems, andsoon.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheLawConcerning theRational UseofEnergy.
Thesaidamendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: February 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 19February 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: