G/TBT/N/JPN/475
19 December 2014 
(14-7357)  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 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): Commercial vehicles 
with gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tons or less, that are fueled with gasoline or diesel oil 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Revision to 
Notification of the Ministry of Economy, Trad e and Industry (METI) and Ministry of Land, 
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) for the Act on the Rational Use of Energy 
(2 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: As the revision of the standards for judgement under the Act on 
the Rational Use of Energy, the scope, the standard energy consumption (the energy 
consumption efficiency), the standard method listed in column 4 and labelling requirement will be revised.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
To promote rationalization of overall energy consumption in Japan through popularization of machineries and equipments with high ener gy consumption efficiency, in order to cope 
with the recent increase of energy consumption in transport sector, global warming 
problem and so forth. 
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Act on the Rational Use of Energy. This revision is to be publicised in the Official 
Government Gazette "KAMPO" when adopted: 
• http://search.e-
gov.go.jp/servlet/Public?CLASSNAM E=PCMMSTDETAIL&id =620114023&Mode=0   
(in Japanese) 
• http://www.meti.go.jp/press/2014/ 12/20141203005/20 141203005.html  (in 
Japanese) 
• http://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/jidosha10_hh_000136.html  (in Japanese) 
• Laws before amendment are available at the following sites (in Japanese): 
• http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/S54/S54HO049.html  
• http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/S54/S54SE267.html  
• http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/S54/S54F03801000074.html  G/TBT/N/JPN/475 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   Around summer of 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Around summer of 2015 
The target fiscal year for meeting the standard: FY2022. 
Labelling requirement: after a certain period of grace. 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the da te of circulation 
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:  
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 
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