G/TBT/N/JPN/665  
18 June 2020  
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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:  Consumer Affairs Agency  
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):  Water 
purifiers (limited to tho se with function to remove residual chlorine from tap water to 
obtain drinking water)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Partial Revision 
to the Quality Labeling Rules for Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods  
6. Description of content:  The proposed partial revision of the Quality Labeling Rules for 
Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods includes following major changes:  
1. To exclude 1,1,1 -Trichloroethane from the labeling item of water purification 
capacity, and, to admit the labeling of water purification capacity by the test result 
based on the JIS annex A as the test method about the labeling of water 
purification capacity. (Conforming to JIS S 3201:2019)  
2. To label test result of total filtered water capacity about the cloudiness for all water 
purifiers. (Conforming to JIS S 3201:2019)  
3. To label test result of the minimum water pressure necessary for a pump to operate 
for the water purifiers with the pump. (Conforming to JIS S 3201:2019)  
4. To label test result of the fi ltered water capacity for the batch -type water purifiers. 
(Conforming to JIS S 3201:2019)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To provide consumers with more accurate quality information about water 
purifie rs for their choice  G/TBT/N/JPN/665  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  The following document, pursuant to the provision of the 
Household Goods Quality Labeling Act (Act No. 104 of 1962), is the subject to revisions.  
• The Quality Labeling Rules for Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods (Ministerial 
Notification No.  7 of the Consumer Affairs Agency, 30 March 2017)  
This revision  will be published in the Official Government Gazette "KA MPO" when adopted.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
Standards Information Service  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8919, Japan  
Tel.: + (81) 3 5501 8344  
Fax: + (81) 3 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp