. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/JPN/375 
2 December 2011  
 (11-6295) 
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 (METI) and Ministry of 
Land, Infrastructure, Tran sport 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):  Passenger vehicles with a 
capacity of 10 passengers or less and passenger vehicles with a capacity of 11 passengers or 
more (gross vehicle weight  of 3.5 tons or less), those are fu elled with gasoline, diesel oil or 
liquefied petroleum gas (HS: 87.02, 87.03) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision to 
Notification of the Mini stry of Economy, Trade and Industr y (METI) and Ministry of Land, 
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) 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 standard  energy consumption (the energy consumption 
efficiency), and the standard method listed in column 4 will be revised.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
promote rationalization of overall energy cons umption in Japan through popularization of 
machinery and equipment with high energy consum ption efficiency, in or der to cope with the 
recent increase of energy consumption in tran sport sector, global warming problem and so 
forth.  
8. Relevant documents:   The basic law is the Act on the Ra tional Use of Energy. This revision 
will appear in "KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.  And at: (URL of  
Outline of amendment) http://www.meti. go.jp/committee/sum mary/0004676/007_haifu.html  
http://www.mlit.go.jp/repor t/press/jidosha10_hh_000064.html  G/TBT/N/JPN/375 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Spring time in 2012 
A grace period for labelling : approximately one 
year .The target fiscal year for meeting the standard: FY2020 
10. Final date for comments:  31 January 2012  
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:    
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 at: (URL of laws  before amendment) 
http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htm ldata/S54/S54HO049.html  
http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htm ldata/S54/S54SE267.html  
http://law.e-gov.go.jp/h tmldata/S54/S54F03801000074.html  
http://www.mlit.go.jp/jidosha/sesaku/en vironment/ondan/hourei/03jouyoukijun.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/JPN/11_4081_00_e.pdf