G/TBT/N/JPN/443  
 
10 October 2013  
(13-5518)  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) 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Of 
polymers of styrene (HS 392111), - Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools, (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls (HS 680610), - Mats (HS 701931), - Other (HS 701939) 
Glass wool insulating material, extruded polystyrene foam insulating material and rock 
wool insulating material 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision to 
Enforcement Ordinance and Regulation for the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and development of Notification of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) 
(1 page, in English).     
6. Description of content:  Development of the standards of judgement under the Act on 
the Rational Use of Energy, the target fiscal year for meeting the standard, and the 
standard insulating performance.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment.To pr omote the rationalization of overall 
energy consumption in Japan through popularization of building materials with high insulating performance, which could contribute to cope with the recent increase of 
energy consumption in commercial/residential sector, with the global warming problem 
and so forth.  G/TBT/N/JPN/443 
 
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  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://www.meti.go.jp/c ommittee/gizi _8/19.html  (in Japanese) 
- Laws before amendment are available at the following site (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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Around the end of December of 2013 The target fiscal year for meeting the 
standard: FY2022 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the 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  
Email:  enquiry@mofa.go.jp   
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