G/TBT/N/JPN/790  
20 December 2023  
(23-8718) 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) and Consumer 
Affairs Agency (CAA)  
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 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Consumer 
products, electrical appliances and materials, and gas/liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 
equipment and appliances:  
Additional covered products will be designated in the cabinet order under the Consumer 
Product Safety Act. Toys and other products for children are currently being considered 
as designated products.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision to the 
Consumer Product Safety Act, Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act, Ga s Business 
Act and Act on the Securing of Safety and the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied 
Petroleum Gas; (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  To clarify that overseas operators that sell products directly to 
general consumers in Japa n without going through manufacturers and importers in Japan 
are subject to regulations under the proposed technical regulations, as well as the 
introduction of regulations for children's products such as toys in the proposed technical 
regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
The Consumer Product Safety Act, Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Ac t, Gas 
Business Act and Act on the Securing of Safety and the Optimization of Transaction of 
Liquefied Petroleum Gas, as well as the cabinet orders under the Acts. These revisions 
will appear in KAMPO (the Official Government Gazette) when adopted.  
The cur rent laws and regulations are as follows:  
・ Consumer Product Safety Act (Act No. 31 of 1973 ） 
https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2804  G/TBT/N/JPN/790  
 
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  ・ Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act (Act No. 234 of 1961)  
https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2745  
・ Gas Business Act (Act No. 51 of 1954)  
https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3331  
・ Act on the Securing of Safety and the Optimizati on of Transaction of Liquefied 
Petroleum Gas (Act No. 149 of 1967)  
https://elaws.e -gov.go.jp/document?lawid=342AC0000000149  (in Japanese)  
Documents related to the revision are as follows:  
https://www.meti.go.jp/shingikai/sankoshin/hoan_shohi/sei hin_anzen/pdf/013_01_00.p
df (in Japanese)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  After December 2025  
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:   
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  
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