G/TBT/N/JPN/585  
 
30 January 2018  
(18-0678) 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) Ministry of Land, 
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)  
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 [   ], 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): Heavy duty 
vehicle (Diesel freight vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tons over. And diesel 
passenger veh icles with a gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tons over which have a riding 
capacity of 10 persons or more)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Revision to 
Notification of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and t he Ministry of 
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) for the Act on the Rational Use of 
Energy. (3 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: As the revision of the standards for judgement under the Act on 
the Rational Use of Energy, r eview energy consumption efficiency (fuel efficiency) standard 
for target fiscal year, measurement method, labelling requirement, etc. of the products 
listed in column 4.  
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 energy consumption efficiency, in 
order to c ope 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;  (in Japanese) http://search.e -
gov.go.jp/servlet/Public?CLASSNAME=PCMMSTDETAIL&id=155170933&Mode=0  
Laws before amendment are available at the f ollowing site (in Japanese)  
http://law.e -gov.go.jp/htmldata/S54/S54HO049.html  
http://law.e -gov.go.jp/htmldata/S54/S54SE267.h tml 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: Around 2nd quarter  of 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: Around 2nd quarter  of 2018  
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  
Fax: +(81) 3 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp  
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