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2 December 2021  
(21-9074) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  2 December 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Japan . 
 
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Title: Revisions to the operational rules under the "Gas Business Act" and the "Act on the Securing 
of Safety and the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas"  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 December 2021  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  Revisions to the operational rules under the "Gas Business Act" and the "Act on the 
Securing of Safety and the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas" were published 
on 15 November 2021.   These revisions entered into force on 1 December 20 21.  
The necessary interpretations regarding safety performance for automatic functions of gas/LPG 
equipment and appliances were added to the operational rules.  
The text of the revisions is available on the following websites in Japanese.  
 
- Operational ru les and Interpretations of the Gas Business Act for Gas Equipment and Appliances 
(in Japanese)  
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/consumer/seian/gasji/c ontents/gasuji_211115tsutatsu_zenbun.pdf  
 
- Operational rules of Ministerial Order on Technical Requirements for Liquefied Petroleum Gas 
Appliances, etc. (in Japanese)  
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/consumer/seian/ekiseki/contents/ekiseki_211115tsutatsu_zenbun.p
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1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  