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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.38
5 February 1999
(99-0447)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):
- Portable LP gas ranges (HS: 73.21);
- LP gas instantaneous water heaters (HS: 84.19);
- bath boilers with burners for LP gas (HS: 73.21);
- bath boilers (HS: 73.21);
- bath boiler burners for LP gas (HS: 73.21);
- LP gas space heaters (HS: 73.21);
- gas corks for LP gas (HS: 84.81).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision of the
Ministerial Ordinance Concerning the Inspection, etc. of Apparatus, etc. for Liquefied
Petroleum Gas of Japan (1 page, in Japanese)
6. Description of content:  The provision of existing technical regulations related to LP gas
equipment and appliances shall be amended and some items will be transferred from "first-
class LP gas equipments and appliances" to "second-class LP gas equipments and
appliances".  Besides type-classification related to "first-class LP gas equipments and
appliances" shall be simplified, etc.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To
transfer a part of items classified in "first-class LP gas equipments and appliances" to
"second-class LP gas equipments and appliances" and to simplify type-classifications in the
inspection of existing technical regulations related to LP gas equipment and appliances in
order to deregulate rules based on "Law Concerning the Securing of Safety and the
Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas".G/TBT/Notif.99.38
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8. Relevant documents:  Revision is based on "L aw Concerning the Securing of Safety and the
Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied Pe troleum Gas" and "Ministerial Ordinance
Concerning the Inspection, etc. of Appara tus, etc. for Liquefied Petroleum Gas".
This Ordinance will appear in "Kampo" (Official Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:          
10. Final date for comments:  20 March 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           