G/TBT/N/JPN/542  
 
20 December 2016   
(16-6946) 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:  Consumer Affairs Agency  
Name and add ress (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):  Tissue paper and toilet 
paper; Shoji paper; Shopping carts; Aluminium foil  for serving food or kitchen use; 
Tableware and kitchen utensils manufactured by using synthetic rubber in the whole or a 
part of the product; Tableware and kitchen utensils manufactured by using tempered glass in 
the whole or a part of the product; Tablew are and kitchen utensils painted with Japanese 
lacquer or cashew nut resin coating (limited to those made of wood and synthetic resins); 
Thermos bottles (limited to those with double -walled glass inner vacuum bottle for table use, 
those with double -walled stainless steel inner vacuum bottle mainly for drinking water to be 
taken outdoors and those with double -walled stainless steel inner vacuum bottle for table 
use); Coats, sweaters, trousers or pants, dresses, skirts, jackets, and gloves manufactured 
by usi ng leather or synthetic leather in the whole or a part of the product; Gloves 
manufactured by using leather or synthetic leather in the whole or a part of the product; 
Bags (limited to those manufactured by using cowhide, horse leather, pigskin, sheepskin or 
goat skin); Chests of drawers; Desks and tables; Chairs, stools, and zaisu; Spring 
mattresses and urethane foam mattresses (limited to those with maximum thickness of 
urethane foam part over 50 millimeters)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Overview of Entire 
Revision to the Quality Labelling Rules for Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods (4 pages, in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  The proposed entire revision of the Quality Labelling Rules for 
Miscellaneous Manufactu red Goods includes the changes described in the attached file.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
To provide consumers with more accurate quality information for making their choice  
8. Relevant documents : The Quality Labelling Rules for Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods 
(Ministerial Notification No.137 of the Cabinet Office, 11 June 2013)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
This revision is to be published in the Official Government Gazette "K AMPO" when adopted.  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
This revision is to be published in the Official Government Gazette "KAMPO" when adopted.  G/TBT/N/JPN/542  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of circulation  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Standards Information Service  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, C hiyoda -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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