WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.8
14January 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0099)
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 ofInternational Trade andIndustry
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): Hydro power facilities
forpower generation (HS:25.23, 84.10, 84.13), thermal power facilities forpower
generation (HS:84.02, 84.04, 84.06, 84.07, 84.08, 84.16), electrical facilities
(HS:85.01, 85.02, 85.03, 85.35, 85.44 etc.), wind power facilities forpower
generation (HS:84.14)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revision ofthe
Enforcement Ordinance forTechnical Standards forHydro Power Facilities forPower
Generation, Thermal Power Facilities forPower Generation, Electrical Facilities and
Wind Power Facilities forPower Generation (2pages, inJapanese)
6. Description ofcontent: Outline ofplanned revisions onthetechnical standards forhydro
power facilities forpower generation, thermal power facilities forpower generation,
electrical facilities andwind power facilities forpower generation asfollows:
1. Tomake these standards acceptable offoreign andprivate sector 's
standards;
2. tosimplify these standards byrevising ordeleting requirements, which
arelessimportant forsafety because oftechnological advance, social and
economical changes;
3. toestablish thefunction-oriented standards which arenecessary to
keeping safety anddonotprovide forspecific means andmethods.
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7. Objective andrationale: Tosimplify thestandards andintroduce theideaoffunction-
oriented standards forenabling flexibility tofuture technological advance.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheElectricity Utilities Industry Law.
This revision willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when
adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 6March 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: