./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.3
11 January 1999
(99-0068)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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 International Trade and Industry (MITI), Ministry of
Transport (MOT)
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 [ X ], 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):
- Passenger vehicles (HS:8703);
- Air conditioners (HS:8415.10, 8415.81, 8415.82);
- Fluorescent lamp luminaries (HS:9405.10, 9405.20, 9405.40);
- Television receivers (HS:8528.12, 8528.13);
- Copy machines (HS:9009.12);- Computers (HS:8471.30, 8471.41, 8471.49. 8471.50);
- Magnetic disc units (HS:8471.70);
- Video cassette recorders (HS:8521.10).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision to Enforcement
Ordinance and Enforcement Regulations for the Law Concerning the Rational Use of
Energy and Ministerial Ordinance Regarding Determination of Motor Vehicle EnergyEfficiency, Establishment Ministerial Ordinances (in case of motor vehicles, Ordinances of
MITI and MOT) (available in English)
6. Description of content:  Based on the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy, scope of
"Designated Machineries", described in 4 will be revised, and the methods of measuring of
the performance of the Designated Machineries with regard to the amount of the energy
consumption defined as numerical values (the energy consumption efficiency), the
standards for judgement by the manufacturer or importer of the Designated Machinery andthe items subject to indication will be prescribed.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature 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 sectors, global warming problems, and
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8. Relevant documents:  The basic law is the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy.
This provision will appear in "Kampo", Official Gazette, when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } April 1999
10. Final date for comments:  8 March 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           