. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/87
15 May 2003
(03-2592)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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 Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Ministry of Land
Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):
- Liquified Petroleum Gas Passenger vehicles (HS:  8703);
- Computers (HS:  8471.10, 8471.30, 8471.41, 8471.49, 8471.50);
- Magnetic disc units (HS: 8471.70.030).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Revision to the
Enforcement Ordinance and Enforcement Regulation for the Law Concerning the Rational
Use of Energy and Ministerial Ordinance Regarding Determination of Motor Vehicle
Energy Efficiency, Establishment of Ministerial Ordinances (in case of motor vehicles,
Ordinance of METI and MLIT)
6. Description of content:   Based on the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy, the
products listed in 4. above will be designated as "Designated machinery and equipment",
and the methods of measuring of the performance of the products with regard to the amount
of the energy consumption defined as numerical values (the energy consumption
efficiency), as well as the standard for judgement by the manufacturer or importer will beprescribed.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To promote energy conservation through prevalence of machinery and equipment of which
the energy consumption efficiency is high, in order to cope with the recent increase of
energy consumption in commercial/residential and transport sector, global warning problem
and so on.
8. Relevant documents:   The basic law is The Law Concerning The Rational Use of Energy.
This revision will appear in "KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.G/TBT/N/JPN/87
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }July 2003 (in case of Computers and Magneticdisc units, April 2006)
The regulation regarding the matters on indication will be in force after July 2004.
10. Final date for comments:   5 July 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           