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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.14
5February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0419)
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):
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) Theprovisions oftheexisting technical regulations only applicable togas
equipments andappliances which willbetransferred from "First-class Gas
Equipments andAppliances" to"Second-class GasEquipments andAppliances"
willbedeleted andnewtechnical regulations forsuch gasequipments and
appliances classified in"Second-class GasEquipments andAppliances" willbe
established.
(2) Theprovision oftheexisting technical regulations only applicable togas
equipments andappliances which willbeexcluded from theabove twocategories
willbedeleted.
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7. Objective andrationale: Toreview categorization ofgasequipments andappliances for
streamlining regulations andtomake necessary adjustment ontechnical regulations for
suchequipments andappliances.
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: