G/TBT/N/JPN/708  
2 September 2021  
(21-6575) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  JAPAN   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of 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 [   ], 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):  
Gas/liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) equipment and appliances (HS7321.11/HS8419.11); 
Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers, incl. those with subsidiary boilers for central heating, 
barbecues, braziers, gas rings, plate warmers and similar non -electric domestic 
appliances, and parts thereof of iron or steel (excl. boilers and radiators for central 
heating, geysers and hot water cylinders) (HS 7321); Machinery, plant or laboratory 
equipment whether or not electrically heated (excl. furnaces, ovens and other equipment  
of heading 8514), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of 
temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, 
pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling (excl. 
those used for domestic purposes); instantaneous or storage water heaters, non -electric; 
parts thereof (HS 8419)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revisions to the 
operational rules under the "Gas Business Act" and the "A ct on the Securing of Safety and 
the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas" (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:   
1. The necessary interpretations regarding safety performance for automatic 
functions of gas/LPG equipment and appliances will be added to the operational 
rules.  
2. Some JIS standards referenced in the operational rules will be revised in 
accordance with the latest JIS standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   Gas Business Act : 
http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail/?ft=1&re=01&dn=1&co=01&ia=03
&ja=04&x=62& y=9&ky=%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9%E4%BA%8B%E6%A5%AD%E6
%B3%95&page=7  G/TBT/N/JPN/708  
 
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  - Ministerial Order on Technical Requirements for Gas Equipment  
(https://www.meti.go.j p/policy/consumer/seian/gasji/contents/eng_TG_technical_requir
ements.pdf ) 
- Operational rules and Interpretations of the Gas Business Act for Gas Equipment and 
Appliances (in Japanese)  
(https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/consumer/seian/gasji/contents/gasuji_210727tsutatsu_
zenbun.pdf ) 
- Act on the Securing of Safety and the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied 
Petroleum Gas (in Japanese)  
(https://elaws.e -
gov.go.jp/search/elawsSearch/elaws_search/lsg0500/detail?lawId=342AC0000000149 ) 
- Ministerial Order on Technical Requirements for L iquefied Petroleum Gas Appliances, 
etc. 
(https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/consumer/seian/ekiseki/contents/eng_LPG_technical_re
quirements.pdf ) 
- Operational rules of Ministerial Order on Technical Requirements for Liquefied 
Petroleum Gas Appliances, etc. (in Japanese)  
(https://www.meti.go.j p/policy/consumer/seian/ekiseki/contents/ekiseki_210727tsutats
u_zenbun.pdf ) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2021 (Transitional period: six months)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/JPN/21_5542_00_e.pdf