WORLD TRADE G/TBT/CS/N/94
24March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1174)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
Under paragraph CoftheCode ofGood Practice forthePreparation, Adoption andApplication
ofStandardscontainedinAnnex3totheWTOAgreementonTechnicalBarrierstoTrade,"Standardizing
bodies thathaveaccepted orwithdrawn fromthisCode shallnotify thisfacttotheISO/IEC Information
CentreinGeneva."ThefollowingnotificationconveyedtotheSecretariatfromtheISO/IECInformation
Centre isbeing circulated fortheinformation ofMembers.
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH COFTHE WTO TBTCODE OFGOOD PRACTICE
Notification ofacceptance
Country/Customs Territory/Regional Arrangement: JAPAN/DOMESTIC WARES
Name ofstandardizing body: Consumer Product Safety Association (CPSA)
Address ofstandardizing body: STORK Higashi-Ikebukuro Bldg,
6-6,Higashi-Ikebukuro 2sho-me,
Toshima-ku, Tokyo
170-0013 Japan
Telephone: +8133590 3401 Telefax: +8133590 3891 Telex: n.a.
E-mail: Internet: n.a.
Type ofstandardizing body:
[]central governmental []local governmental [X]non-governmental
Scope ofcurrent andexpected standardization activities: Consumer Product Safety
Association (CPSA) isaspecially authorized corporation established in1973 under the
"Consumer Product Safety Law". CSPA performs thepreparation, adoption andapplication
ofsafety standards (SGStandards) ofconsumer products, forinstance: furniture, sports
goods, products forbabies ...,andperforms theprocedures forassessment ofconformity.
Date: 2March 1998