WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.433
18December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5366)
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 ofHealth andWelfare
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Domestic water supply
equipment (HS: 3917, 7303-00, 7304, 7307, 7411, 7412, 7805-00, 8419-11, 8419-19,
8421-21, 8422-11, 8476-21, 8481, 8516-10)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment ofthe
Standards forStructure andMaterial ofDomestic Water Supply Equipment (5pages,
available inJapanese)
6. Description ofcontent:
(1)Toreview andclarify theStandards fordomestic water supply andequipment.
(2)Toestablish performance-based standards fordomestic water supply
equipment.
7. Objective andrationale: Deregulation ondomestic water supply equipment
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheWater Works Law.
This Ordinance willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Notdetermined
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: April 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 14February 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: