WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.195
4July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2569)
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: FireandDisaster Management Agency, Ministry ofHome Affairs
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): Control andindicating
equipment (HS:85.31)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment ofthe
Ministerial Ordinance forTechnical Standards forControl andIndicating Equipment
(1page, available inJapanese)
6. Description ofcontent: Tonewly establish technical standards forcontrol andindicating
equipment which areinstalled withanti-stopping alarm sounding system.
7. Objective andrationale: Toensure safety
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheFireService Law.
ThesaidAmendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 9September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: