Revision of the  Ministerial order  and Notifications  under the Act on Rational Use and 
Appropriate  Management of Fluorocarbons  
 
                                                                         
June 2021  
 
Fluoride Gases Management Office, Chemical Management Policy Division , 
Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
 
 
1. Outline  
Under Article 12 of the Act on Rational Use and Appropriate  Management of Fluorocarbons 
(Law No. 64 of 2001; hereinafter referred to as the "Fluorocarbons Law"), the Minister of Economy, 
Trade and Industry shall establish and publicize the "Standards of judgement for Manufacturers, etc. of Designated Products"  (hereinafter referred to as the “ standards  of judgement ”) with regard to the 
reduction of the environmental impacts of f luorocarbons used in each designated product . In addition, 
Article 14 of the Fluorocarbons Law stipulates that the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry  shall 
give public notice regarding matters to be indicated by manufacturers.    
Among  the already designated products , the Minister newly proposes the s tandard s of 
judgement for  part of multi- air conditioners for buildings . In order to do it, t he “Ministerial order  of 
the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ”, which stipulates the scope for manufactures or 
importers  who are designated to receive the recommendation by the Minister of Economy, Trade and 
Industry , is revised  and t he standards  of judgement and labeling  requirement are newly stipulated in 
the “ Notifications of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ”. 
 
<Standard s of judgement that is newly established for part of multi- air conditioners for buildings  > 
 
Designated products  Global Warming 
Potential  targets  Target fiscal 
year 
Among multi -air conditioners for buildings (separate 
type with a structure in which two or more indoor units are connected to one outdoor unit, and the air temperature or humidity can be adjusted for each indoor unit), other than the following.  
1) Shipped on the premise of using the existing 
refrigerant piping  
2) Equipped with the structure required for 
refrigerant diversion in order to use cooling and heating at the same time.  
3) Equipped with a function to suppress a decrease in 
heating capacity when the outside air temperature is low  
4) A structure that uses water as a heat source  
5) A structure with a dedicated heat storage tank for 
storing heat for cooling  or cooling/heating  750 
(Value that is 
weighted average of 
number of shipments 
and GWP  value  shall 
be smaller than 750. 
GWP indicates is set 
in the public 
notification of GWP)  2025   
 
    <Labeling requirement > 
  Manufacturers s hall indicate on their product  the kind, amount  and GWP value  of fluoro carbons in 
the product , product and type name , and name of the manufacturer. On their product catalog, 
manufacturers shall indicate the GWP  targets and the Target fiscal year in addition to what are 
indicated on their product.   
 
2. Purpose  
To rationalize and reduce the use of fluorocarbons by accelerating innovation with regard to 
the reduction of the environmental impacts of fluorocarbons used in each designated product  and 
promoting  a shift to and dissemination of products which utilize  non-fluorocarbon and have low 
global warming potential . 
 
3. The expected date of enforcement  
March 2022