Specified Measuring Instruments

verification

verification

implementing institution for

implementing institution forinspection

market surveillance(Measuring Instruments used for

Initial

使用中

subsequent

periodicmarketconformity assessment

verification

inspection

type approval

instruments which obtain Type

instruments which do not

implementing

implementing

Trade and Certification)

Verificationin service

verification

inspection

surveillance

moduleperiodperiodcertification authority

Approvalobtain Type Approval

institution

institution

✓✓

1

NMIJ

Local governments

NMIJ

Local governments

2

NMIJ

Local governments or designated

NMIJ or designated verificationverification laboratorieslaboratories

1Taxi meter2

Weighing Instruments✓remarks(a) Non-Automatic weighing instruments(1) Spring dial scale and NAWIs which measures withelectrical weight sensor✓

NMIJ or(2) NAWIs except (1)

✓2

NMIJ

Local governments ordesignated verification laboratories(b) Automatic weighing instruments✓

2 or 6NMIJ

NMIJ ordesignated verification laboratories(1) Automatic catchweighing instruments
2

NMIJ

NMIJ

classified as NAWI

NMIJ

classified as NAWI

NMIJ

③Weight/price labelers

✓✓

2

NMIJ

Local governments

✓✓

2

NMIJ

(3) Discontinuous totalizing automatic weighing instruments

✓✓

2NMIJ

✓✓

2✓

NMIJ
2

(1)(2)以外(4)electrical thermometers for clinical use

NMIJ or designated verificationlaboratories
NMIJ or designated verificationlaboratories
NMIJ or designated verificationlaboratories
Local governments
Local governments or designated✓verification laboratories
NMIJ or designated verification✓✓✓

Leather-area meters✓

5Volume meters

✓

NMIJ
NMIJ
Local governments

NMIJ

1✓

✓

8NMIJ

laboratories

laboratories
Local governments or designatedverification laboratories

verification laboratories

Local governments or designated

NMIJ or designated verification

verification laboratories

laboratories

Local governments

NMIJ or Local governments

local governments
subsequent: local governments

initial: designated manufactures or✓

✓

8NMIJ

Local governments
NMIJ or designated verification

Local governments or designatedinitial: designated manufactures or(b) Hot water meter

NMIJ

NMIJ or Local governments

4(a) Cold potable water meters

local governments
subsequent: local governments

initial: NMIJ or designatedmanufacturessubsequent:NMIJ or designatedverification laboratories

NMIJ or designated verificationlaboratories(c)Fuel oil meters

initial: designated manufactures or
local governments or(1) Fuel dispensers for moter vicele installed in gas stations

✓✓

7NMIJ

designated verification laboratories

NMIJ

subsequent: local governments
or designated verification laboratories

initial: designated manufactures or(2) Ones except (1)

✓5

NMIJ

local governments

NMIJ

subsequent: local governments
initial: designated manufactures or(d) liquefied petroleum gas meters

✓

4

NMIJ

local governments

NMIJ

subsequent: local governments(e) Gas meter(1) Ones with a total calorific value of gas of less than 90
MJ/㎥ and a maximum ﬂow rate for use is 16 cubic meters

initial: designated manufactures or✓✓

10NMIJ

local governments

NMIJ

subsequent: local governments

per hour or less (except prepaid gas meters).
(2) Ones with a total calorific value of gas of 90 MJ/㎥ ormore and a maximum flow rate of 6 cubic meters per hour or

initial: designated manufactures or

✓

✓

10

NMIJ

local governments

NMIJ

subsequent: local governments

less (except prepaid gas meters).

initial: designated manufactures or(3) Ones except (1) or (2).

✓7NMIJ

local governments

NMIJ

subsequent: local governments(F)Road tanker
6789✓

Local governments

Local governments

Local governments

Local governments

Flow meters for exhaust gas and drain water
Hydrometers for density measurement
Aneroid-type pressure gauges
including sphygmomanometers
Flow rate meters for exhaust gas and drain water2024

laboratories

2(2) Automatic gravimetric filling instruments

2024～28.
Local government

laboratories✓Thermometers(3)

approval is postponed until April

laboratories

Local governments✓(2) Glass thermometer over 200 ℃

Conducting verification and type

NMIJ or designated verification②Weight labelers(1)Glass thermometer including those for clinical use

NMIJ orNMIJ or designated verification✓(c)Weights
3✓

Local government

designated verification
designated verification laboratories①Automatic checkweighers(4) Continuous totalizing automatic weighing instruments

Local governments ordesignated verification laboratories

Local government

✓

NMIJ

✓

NMIJ

Local governments or designatedverification laboratories

NMIJ

Reverification requires theinstallation of a temporary meter,
which costs a lot , therefore
target meter is usually replacedwith a new one.

Specified Measuring Instruments

verification
implementing institution forinspection

market surveillance(Measuring Instruments used for

Initial

使用中

subsequent

periodicmarketconformity assessment

verification

inspection

type approval

instruments which obtain Type

instruments which do not

implementing

implementing

Trade and Certification)

Verificationin service

verification

inspection

surveillance

moduleperiodperiodcertification authority

Approvalobtain Type Approval

institution

institution

Local governments, JEMIC orJEMIC or designated verification

designated verification laboratories

laboratories

JEMIC or designated verification

JEMIC or designated verification

10Integrated heat meters

11Maximum-demand power meters(a) Electrical Maximum-demand power meters(b) Ones except (a)12verification
implementing institution for✓

✓

✓

8

NMIJ or JEMIC

7

JEMIC or local governments✓

5

JEMIC or local governments✓

10

JEMIC or local governments✓

7

JEMIC or local governments✓

5

JEMIC or local governments(a) Reactive watt-hour electrical meters

✓

7

JEMIC

(b) Ones except (a)

✓5

JEMIC

✓

2

JEMIC

laboratories

laboratories

JEMIC or designated verification

JEMIC or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

JEMIC or designated verification

JEMIC or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

JEMIC or designated verification

JEMIC or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

JEMIC or designated verification

JEMIC or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

JEMIC or designated verification

JEMIC or designated verification

Watt-hour meters(a) Ones with a rated voltage of 300 voltsor less (except those used together withtransformers and (b)(2))(b) Ones with a rated voltage of 300 volts or less, which arelisted below(1) Ones used with current transformers with a rated primary
current of 120 amperes or less (except those used withtransformers with a rated primary voltage exceeding 300 volts)(2) Ones with rated current of 20 amperes or 60 amperes(except electronic ones)(3) Electronic ones (except (a) and (b)(1))
Ones except (a) and (b)13

14Reactive watt-hour meters

Illuminometers

15

Sound level meter

✓

5NMIJ

16Vibration level meters

✓

6NMIJ

17

Concentration meters for the environment(a) Glass electrode-type pH electrodes

18

laboratories

JEMIC or designated verification

JEMIC or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

JEMIC or designated verification

JEMIC or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

NMIJ or designated verification

NMIJ or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

NMIJ or designated verification

NMIJ or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

NMIJ or designated verification

NMIJ or designated verification

NMIJ
✓

2NMIJ

(b) Glass electrode-type pH indicators✓6NMIJ(c) except (a), (b), and alcohol meters

✓

8NMIJ

Hydrometer for specific weightlaboratories✓laboratories

laboratories

NMIJ or designated verification

NMIJ or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

NMIJ or designated verification

NMIJ or designated verificationlaboratories

laboratories

Local governments

Local governments

remarks