G/TBT/N/JPN/509  
 
3 December 2015  
(15-6387)  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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 
 Electric refrigerators: household refrigerator which is combined with box consisting 
of freezing machine and storage room 
 Electric freezers: household freezer which is combined with box consisting of 
freezing machine and storage room 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Revision to 
Enforcement regulation and Notification of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
(METI) 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 measurement for energy consumption efficiencyand labelling requirementand so on 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 prevalence of 
machinery and equipment with high energy cons umption efficiency, in order to cope with 
the recent increase of energy consumption in commercial/residential sector, global warning 
problem and so on. Protection of the environment.  
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 =620115028&Mode=0  (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  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: March 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: March 2016, the target fiscal year for meeting the 
standard: (Electric refriger ators) FY2021, (Electric freezers) FY2021, Labelling 
requirement: after a certain period of grace  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
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  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp   
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