. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/JPN/196 
19 March 2007 
 (07-1148) 
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 Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)  and Ministry of 
Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) 
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:    
Japan Enquiry Point 
International Trade Division Economic Affairs Bureau  Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Fax: (+81) 3 5501 8343 
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp 
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):   Passenger vehicles with 
a capacity of 10 passengers or less and passenge r vehicles with a capacity of 11 passengers 
or more (gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tons or l ess), that are fuelled with gasoline or diesel oil, 
and freight vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tons or less, that are fuelled with 
gasoline or diesel oil. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Revision to 
Ministerial Ordinance Regarding Determina tion of Motor Vehicle Energy Efficiency, 
Ministerial Notification of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Ministerial 
Notification of the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport  (12 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   Under the Law Concerning the Rational use of Energy, the 
products listed in point 4 a bove will be added to the "Designated machinery and 
equipment", and the methods of measuring the pe rformance of the products with regard to 
the amount of  energy consumption defined as numerical values (the energy consumption efficiency), as well as the standards for judgement by manufacturers or importers, will be amended. G/TBT/N/JPN/196 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To promote rationalization in the use of energy through prevalence of machinery and 
equipment with high energy consumption effi ciency, in order to cope with the recent 
increases of energy consumption in the transport sector and with the global warming 
problem. 
8. Relevant documents:   The basic law is the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy.  
This revision will appear in "KAMPO" (Offi cial Government Gazette) when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }July 2007 
About one year will be provided as grace 
period for labelling, and the amended standards for judgement will enter into force in the target fiscal year of FY2015. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of circulation 
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:   
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Division 
Address: 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8986  JAPAN  
Telephone: (+81) 3 3501 9726 
Facsimile: (+81) 3 3580 8439  
E-mail address: shouene-pub@meti.go.jp