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Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/JPN/553 Japan 2017 Energy conservation and efficiency Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Revision to Notification for the Act on the…
Revision to Notification for the Act on the Rational Use of Energy: In addition to the total cycle (exclude Extra-High) value of the fuel efficiency on WLTP, the fuel efficiencies on each phase will have to be used as fuel efficiency indication for vehicle by manufacturers/importers in order for vehicle users to be able to acquire the information of fuel efficiency according to the driving environment.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by establishing fuel efficiency indication of the energy efficiency law on vehicles, in order to provide information on fuel efficiency to the driving environment
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Revision to Notification for the Act on the Rational Use of Energy: In addition to the total cycle (exclude Extra-High) value of the fuel efficiency on WLTP, the fuel efficiencies on each phase will have to be used as fuel efficiency indication for vehicle by manufacturers/importers in order for vehicle users to be able to acquire the information of fuel efficiency according to the driving environment.
Passenger vehicles with a capacity of 10 passengers or less (except passenger vehicles with a capacity of 10 passengers and weight of more than 3.5 tonnes) and commercial vehicles weight of 3.5 tonnes or less, whose fuel efficiencies are worked out on WLTP (Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure which was established in the United Nations) mode by Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Around summer of 2017
Keywords
Energy
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/JPN/558 Japan 2017 Energy conservation and efficiency Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, the…
Under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, the new energy efficiency standards are established for light bulbs and lighting equipment in the aim of improvement of their energy saving performance. The product scope, the measurement method of energy consumption efficiency, standard method and labelling requirement and so on will be established.
Environment related objective
To improve energy efficiency performance with respect to light bulls and lighting equipment through promoting prevalence of high energy efficiency lighting
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, the new energy efficiency standards are established for light bulbs and lighting equipment in the aim of improvement of their energy saving performance. The product scope, the measurement method of energy consumption efficiency, standard method and labelling requirement and so on will be established.
Light bulbs: Incandescent bulb, high-pressure mercury lamp which has built-in stabilizers, self-ballasted fluorescent lamp and self-ballasted LED lamp; Lighting equipment: Lighting equipment for incandescent lamp, for fluorescent lamp and for LED lamp
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Around summer of 2017
Keywords
Energy
Labelling
Conservation
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/JPN/562 Japan 2017 Air pollution reduction
Technical regulation or specifications,…
Technical regulation or specifications, Conformity assessment procedures
 Manufacturing
Partial amendments of "Public Notice that…
Partial amendments of "Public Notice that Prescribes Details of Safety Regulations for Road Transport Vehicle"
(1) Providing the specific example of illegal engine control to be prohibited
Environment related objective
To reduce emission gas from vehicles and protect human health
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Partial amendments of "Public Notice that Prescribes Details of Safety Regulations for Road Transport Vehicle"
(1) Providing the specific example of illegal engine control to be prohibited
Tractors (other than tractors of heading 87.09). Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver. Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars. Motor vehicles for the transport of goods. Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries (wreckers), crane lorries (mobile cranes), fire fighting vehicles, concrete mixer lorries (concrete-mixers), road sweeper lorries (road sweepers), spraying lorries (spraying vehicles), mobile workshops, mobile radiological units)
Type of measure
Technical regulation; Conformity assessment procedure
 ICS - HS Code
8701
8702
8703
8704
8705
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Late September 2017
Keywords
Emissions
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/JPN/567 Japan 2017
Sustainable agriculture management, Waste…
Sustainable agriculture management, Waste management and recycling
 Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture
Draft amendment of the Official Specifications…
Draft amendment of the Official Specifications for Normal Fertilizers: by amending the Official Specifications, regulations are to be deregulated to enable composts with flocculants and coagulants to be produced and sold by submitting notification
Environment related objective
To revise the Official Specifications for Normal Fertilizers (compost), which, reflecting advancement of agricultural and scientific technology, contributes to human health and promotes agricultural productivity
So far, composts made of animal wastes as raw materials applied with flocculants and coagulants are only allowed if registered by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries prior to producing and selling them as fertilizers. Thereafter, by amending the Official Specifications, regulations are to be deregulated to enable composts with flocculants and coagulants to be produced and sold by submitting notification.For details, see the attachment.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft amendment of the Official Specifications for Normal Fertilizers: by amending the Official Specifications, regulations are to be deregulated to enable composts with flocculants and coagulants to be produced and sold by submitting notification
Fertilizer; Animal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
3101
Subsidy amount Implementation period
43040
Keywords
Waste
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/JPN/572 Japan 2017
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Technical regulation or specifications Chemicals
Revision of the "Order for Enforcement of…
Revision of the "Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc."
Environment related objective
To prevent environmental pollution by "short-chained chlorinated paraffins", "decabromodiphenyl ether" and "PFOS and its salts", which are potentially hazardous substances because of their non- biodegradability, high degree of bioaccumulation potential, and chronic toxicity, and therefore designated as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Act
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Revision of the "Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc."
The following products in which short-chained chlorinated paraffins (straight-chain chlorinated hydrocarbons with chain lengths ranging from C10 to C13 and a content of chlorine greater than 48 per cent by weight) are used

1. Lubricating, cutting and hydraulic oils
2. Chemicals for flame-retardant treatment for textiles
3. Plasticizers for resin and rubber
4. Paints (limited to those for waterproof and anti-flammable)
5. Adhesives and sealing fillers
6. Fatliquoring agent for leather

The following products in which decabromodiphenyl ether are used
1. Flame-retardant textiles
2. Chemicals for flame-retardant treatment for textiles, resin and rubber
3. Adhesives and sealing fillers
4. Flame-retardant floor covering
5. Flame-retardant curtains
6. Flame-retardant banner-flags

The following products in which Perfuluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its salts are used
1. Etching agents (limited to those for uses in the manufacture of piezoelectric filters or of compound semiconductors which enable radio to transmit and receive radio waves with more than 3 MHz of frequencies)
2. Resist for semiconductors
3. Professional-use photograph films
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
43374
Keywords
Hazardous
Plastic
Pollution
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/JPN/574 Japan 2017
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
 Technical regulation or specifications Chemicals
"Draft revision of the Act on the Protection…
"Draft revision of the Act on the Protection of the Ozone Layer Through the Control of Specified Substances and Other Measures"
Environment related objective
To ensure the implementation of the reduction obligation under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
"Draft revision of the Act on the Protection of the Ozone Layer Through the Control of Specified Substances and Other Measures"
The following chemical substances
1. 1.1.2.2 Tetrafluoroethane HFC-134
2. 1.1.1.2 Tetrafluoroethane HFC-134a
3. 1.1.2 Trifluoroethane HFC-143
4. 1.1.1.3.3 Pentafluoropropane HFC-245fa
5. 1.1.1.3.3 Pentafluorobutane HFC-365mfc
6. 1.1.1.2.3.3.3 Pentafluoropropane HFC-227ea
7. 1.1.1.2.2.3 Hexafluoropropane HFC-236cb
8. 1.1.1.2.3.3. Hexafluoropropane HFC-236ea
9. 1.1.1.3.3.3 Hexafluoropropane HFC-236fa
10. 1.1.2.2.3 Pentafluoropropane HFC-245ca
11. 1.1.1.2.3.4.4.5.5.5 Decafluoropentane HFC-43-10mee
12. Difluoromethane HFC-32
13. 1.1.1.2.2 Pentafluoroethane HFC-125
14. 1.1.1 Trifluoroethane HFC-143a
15. Fluoromethane HFC-41
16. 1.2 Difluoroethane HFC-152
17. 1.1 Difluoroethane HFC-152a
18. Trifluoromethane HFC-23
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
43466
Keywords
MEAs
Soil
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/KAZ/11 Kazakhstan 2017 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Draft amendments to the Technical Regulation of…
Draft amendments to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "On Safety of Equipment Operating under Excess Pressure" envisages (i) establishment of new terms, (ii) clarification of certain provisions of the Technical Regulation on the basis of the results of the application of the Technical Regulation
Environment related objective
Technical regulation on safety of equipment operating under excess pressure that aims to protect the environment and human health, and ensure safety
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft amendments to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "On Safety of Equipment Operating under Excess Pressure" envisages (i) establishment of new terms, (ii) clarification of certain provisions of the Technical Regulation on the basis of the results of the application of the Technical Regulation
Equipment operating under excess pressure
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Not less than 180 days from the adoption of the technical regulation
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/KAZ/12 Kazakhstan 2017 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Draft amendments No. 1 to the Technical…
Draft amendments No. 1 to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "On Safety of High-Speed Railway Transport" (TR CU 002/2011) specifies the term "innovative product", the scope of application and certain provisions of the Technical Regulation and brings it in compliance with the Treaty on Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014.
Environment related objective
Technical regulation on safety of high-speed railway transport that aims to protect the environment and human health, and ensure safety
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft amendments No. 1 to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "On Safety of High-Speed Railway Transport" (TR CU 002/2011) specifies the term "innovative product", the scope of application and certain provisions of the Technical Regulation and brings it in compliance with the Treaty on Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014.
High-speed railway transport and its infrastructure
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Not less than 180 days from the adoption of the technical regulation
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/KAZ/13 Kazakhstan 2017 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Draft amendments No. 1 to the Technical…
Draft amendments No. 1 to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "On Safety of Railway Rolling Stock" (TR CU 001/2011) specifies the term "innovative product", the scope of application and certain provisions of the Technical Regulation and brings it in compliance with the Treaty on Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014.
Environment related objective
Technical regulation on safety of railway rolling stock that aims to protect the environment and human health, and ensure safety
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft amendments No. 1 to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "On Safety of Railway Rolling Stock" (TR CU 001/2011) specifies the term "innovative product", the scope of application and certain provisions of the Technical Regulation and brings it in compliance with the Treaty on Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014.
Railway rolling stock and its components
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Not less than 180 days from the adoption of the technical regulation
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/KAZ/14 Kazakhstan 2017 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Draft amendments No. 1 to the Technical…
Draft amendments No. 1 to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "On Safety of Railway Transport Infrastructure" (TR CU 003/2011) specifies the term "innovative product", the scope of application and certain provisions of the Technical Regulation and brings it in compliance with the Treaty on Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014.
Environment related objective
Technical regulation on safety of railway transport infrastructure that aims to protect the environment and human health, and ensure safety
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Draft amendments No. 1 to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "On Safety of Railway Transport Infrastructure" (TR CU 003/2011) specifies the term "innovative product", the scope of application and certain provisions of the Technical Regulation and brings it in compliance with the Treaty on Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014.
Railway rolling stock infrastructure
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Not less than 180 days from the adoption of the technical regulation
Keywords
Environment