RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.18
1February 1995
ORGANISATION Special Distribution
(95-0192)
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): Electrical Appliance and
Material (HS: 84,85)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Revision ofCabinet Ordinance,
etc.ofElectrical Appliance andMaterial Control LawofJapan (available inJapanese,
2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Movement ofapartofitems classified inCategory AElectrical
Products toCategory BElectrical Products. Abolition ofverification mark forCategory
BElectrical Products, etc.
7. Objective andrationale: Tomove many items covered inCategory AElectrical
Products toCategory BElectrical Products inlightoftheinternational harmonization,
etc.Inaddition, toamend thetechnical requirements under Article 2oftheMinisterial
Ordinance onTechnical Requirements forElectrical Appliances, according toIEC
Pub.65Amd. 2Amd. 3,Pub. 127-1, Pub. 127-2, Pub. 127-3, Amd.1, Pub. 238,
Pub.335-2-25 Amd. 1Amd. 2Amd. 3,Pub.400Amd. 1,Pub.950Amd.1 Amd.2.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheElectrical Appliance andMaterial Control
Law.
Thesaidamendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 24March 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: