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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/JPN/362 
12 August 2011  
 (11-4035) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  JAPAN  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
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):  Vented type instantaneous 
gas water heaters, bath tub water heater s, burner for baths,  gas valves, etc. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  "Ministerial Ordinance 
of Technical Requirements for Gas Equipment and Appliances" and "Ministerial Ordinance 
of Technical Requirements for LPG Equipment and Appliance". 
6. Description of content:  Alignment of the technical requirements to the latest JIS under the 
Ministerial Ordinance of Tec hnical Requirements fo r Gas Equipment and Appliances and 
Ministerial Ordinance of Te chnical Requirement s for LPG Equipment and Appliances”.  
The full text of the regulation is availabl e in Japanese and can be downloaded at: 
http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/consumer /seian/gasji/contents/pabukome.pdf  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Human safety  
8. Relevant documents:   "Gas Utilities Industry Law a nd Law concerning the Securing of 
Safety and the Optimization of Transa ction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas". 
ISO 37:2005/Technical Corrigendum 1:2008, ISO 188:2007, ISO 9227:1990, ISO 7-1:1994,  
ISO 2178:1982, ISO 6708:1995, ISO 49:1994, ISO 9227:1990, 
ISO 724:1993, ISO 9652:1998, ISO 7005-1:1992,  ISO 7005-2:1988, IEC 60249 series, 
IEC 60326-3:1991, IEC 60417, IEC 60738-1-1:1998, IEC 60738-1:1998, IEC 61000-3-3:1994, IEC 61000-4-28:1999, IEC 61210:1993, IEC 60730-1:1999, IEC 60730-1:1999/AMENDMENT 1:2003, IEC 60730-1:1999/AMENDMENT 2:2007, 
CISPR 14-1:2005,  CISPR 22:1997, IE C 60249 series, IEC 60326-3:1991,IEC 60417, 
IEC 60738-1-1:1998, IEC 60738-1:1998, IEC 61000-3-3:1994, IEC 61000-4-28:1999, IEC 61210:1993,IEC 60730-2-9:2008,ISO 724:1993,ISO 965-2:1998,IEC 60249-2-5:1987, ISO 3:1973,IEC 60127-2:2003,IEC 60127-2: 2003/AMENDMENT 1:2003,IEC 60269-1. G/TBT/N/JPN/362 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    October 2011 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification  
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Standards Information Service 
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   
and http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/JPN/11_2633_00_e.pdf