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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 28,1996 PSA#1561JAPAN: LP GAS EQUIPMENTS AND APPLIANCES The following notification is
being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.52.
1. Member to Agreement notifying: JAPAN. If applicable, name of local
government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible:
Ministry of International Trade and Industry. 3. Notified under Article
2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise
national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable): LP Gas instantaneous water heaters (HS:84.19), LP Gas
stoves (HS:73.21), LP Gas bath heaters with gas burners (HS:73.21), LP
Gas bath burners (HS:84.16), LP Gas bath burner cocks (HS:84.81), LP
Gas depressor (HS:84.81), LP Gas pressure cookers (HS:73.23). 5. Title
and number of pages of the notified document: Revision of Cabinet
Order of Law Concerning Safety and Optimum Transaction of Liquified
Petroleum Gas of Japan etc. (available in Japanese, 3 pages). 6.
Description of content: (1) The provisions of the existing technical
regulations only applicable to Liquified Petroleum (LP) gas equipments
and appliances which will be transferred from ``First-class LP Gas
Equipments and Appliances'' to ``Second-class LP Gas Equipments and
Appliances'' will be deleted and new technical regulations for such LP
gas equipments and appliances classified in ``Second-class LP Gas
Equipments and Appliances'' will be established. (2) The provisions of
the existing technical regulations only applicable to LP gas
equipments and appliances which will be excluded from the above two
categories will be deleted. 7. Objective and rationale: To review
categorization of LP gas equipments and appliances for streamlining
regulations and to make necessary adjustment on technical regulations
for such equipments and appliances. 8. Relevant documents: The basic
law is Law Concerning Safety and Optimum Transaction of Liquified
Petroleum Gas. This ordinance will appear is ``KAMPO'' (Official
Government Gazette) when adopted. 9. Proposed date of adoption and
entry into force: Not yet determined. 10. Final date for comments: 27
March 1996. (086) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0485 19960327\FO-0002)
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