G/TBT/N/JPN/501  
 
29 October 2015  
(15-5728)  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 Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Tractors (other than 
tractors of heading 87.09) (HS: 8701), Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more 
persons, including the driver (HS: 8702), Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station 
wagons and racing cars (HS: 8703), Motor vehicles for the tr ansport of goods (HS: 8704), 
Special purpose motor vehicles, other than thos e principally designed for the transport of 
persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries (wreckers), crane lorries (mobile cranes), 
fire fighting vehicles, concrete mixer lorries (concrete-mixers), road sweeper lorries (road 
sweepers), spraying lorries (spraying vehicles), mobile workshops, mobile radiological units) (HS: 8705), Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or 
without side-cars; side-cars (HS: 8711), Carriages for disabled persons, whether or not 
motorized or otherwise mechanically propelled. (HS: 8713), Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof (HS: 8716) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Partial 
amendments of the "Ordinance for Enforcem ent of the Road Transport Vehicle Act" 
(Ordinance of the Ministry of Transport, No. 74 of 1951), and others (2 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content: MLIT will partially amend the "Ordinance for Enforcement of the 
Road Transport Vehicle Act" (Ordinance of th e Ministry of Transport, No. 74 of 1951) and 
will establish the related notifications of th e vehicle license plates' position and other 
related standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: In order to ensure the visibility of the vehicle license plates  
8. Relevant documents: "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Road Transport Vehicle Act" 
(Ordinance of the Ministry of Transport, No. 74 of 1951), etc. 
When adopted, the amendments will be publicised in "KAMPO" (Official Government 
Gazette) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Late December 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 April 2016   G/TBT/N/JPN/501 
 
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  10. Final date for comments: 29 November 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Japan Enquiry Point 
International Trade Division 
Economic Affairs Bureau 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fax: (+81 3) 5501 8343 
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp   
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