WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/JPN/216 
24 August 2007 
 (07-3570) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry of the Environment Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 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):    
The following products in which Phenol , 2-( 2H-benzotriazol-2-yl )-4,6- bis (1,1 
dimethylethyl )- [CAS No 3846-71-7] is used: 
- Decorative laminate  
- Glue (excluding glue made from plants or  animals), putty, and filling materials for 
filler or sealing 
- Paints and printing ink 
- Helmets 
- Motor vehicle parts (excluding parts made of metal) 
- Lighting covers 
- Lenses for protective spectacles and frames for spectacles 
- Deodorants 
- Waxes 
- Surfboards 
- Inked ribbons 
- Photographic paper 
- Buttons  
- Plastic articles(e.g., pipes, bathtubs) 
 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Revision of the 
Cabinet Order of the Law concerning the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and 
Regulation of their Manufacture, etc. (2 pages, in English). G/TBT/N/JPN/216 
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  6. Description of content:   Based on Article 13 of the Law concerning the Evaluation of 
Chemical Substances and Regulation of their Manufacture, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “the Law”), the following will be designate d as products prohibited from importation when 
Phenol, 2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-y l)-4,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)- , a Class I Specified Chemical 
Substance,  is used in them. 
- Decorative laminate  
- Glue (excluding glue made from plants or  animals), putty, and filling materials for 
filler or sealing 
- Paints and printing ink 
- Helmets 
- Motor vehicle parts (excluding parts made of metal) 
- Lighting covers 
- Lenses for protective spectacles and frames for spectacles 
- Deodorants 
- Waxes 
- Surfboards 
- Inked ribbons 
- Photographic paper 
- Buttons  
- Plastic articles(e.g., pipes, bathtubs) 
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To prevent environmental pollution by products using Phenol, 2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-
bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)- , which is a potentially hazardous substance due to its non-
biodegradability, high degree of bioconcentra tion, and chronic toxicity, and which is 
therefore designated as a Class I Specified  Chemical Substance under the Law. 
8. Relevant documents:    
- The Law concerning the Evaluation of Chem ical Substances and Regulation of their 
Manufacture, etc., and amendments th ereto (16 October 1973, Law No. 117) 
- The Cabinet Order of the Law concerning th e Evaluation of Chemical Substances and 
Regulation of Manufacture, etc., and amendm ents thereto (7 June 1974, Cabinet No. 
202) 
- Relevant portions of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Enforcement 
Regulations of the Law concerning the Ev aluation of Chemical Substances and 
Regulation of their Manufacture, etc. (7 June 1974, MITI Order No. 40)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    October  2007 
May 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   19 October 2007  G/TBT/N/JPN/216 
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Office of Chemical Safety 
Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau 
Ministry of  Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) 
1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8916 Telephone: +(81) 3595 2298 Fax:   +(81) 3593 8913 
e-mail address:  exchpo@mhlw.go.jp 
 Chemical Safety Office Chemical Management Policy Division Manufacturing Industries Bureau 
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) 
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8901 Telephone: +(81) 3501 0605 Fax::  +(81) 3580 2084 
e-mail:  qqhbbfa@meti.go.jp 
 Chemicals Evaluation Office Policy Planning Division Environmental Health Bureau Ministry of the Environment (MOE) 
1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, 
Tokyo 100-8975 Telephone:  +(81) 5521 8253 Fax:   +(81) 3581 3370 E-mail:  chem@env.go.jp