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The Partial amendments of the "Public Notice that Prescribes Details of Safety Regulations for Road Transport Vehicles": Setting up the test procedure of fuel and electric energy efficiency of vehicles with GVW exceeding 3.5 tons (excluding those with a seating capacity of less than 10 passengers used exclusively for passenger use) of Pure electric vehicle (PEV), Off-vehicle charging hybrid electric vehicle (OVC-HEV), and Fuel cell hybrid vehicle (FCV).

In order to introduce the new standards for organic alcoholic beverages, Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) will revise the Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Processed Foods.

Revisions of the Enforcement Ordinance, Regulation and the Notification of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy: Development of the standards of judgement under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, the target fiscal year for meeting the standards, the standards of insulating performance and labelling requirement.

Revision to Regulation on Safety of Containers: Under the High Pressure Gas Safety Act, the provisions of a new category of high-pressure-gas containers for hydrofluorocarbon will be established.

a) Overview of the amendments to Act on Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS) b) Japanese agricultural standards for Organic Processed Foods: Organic alcoholic beverages will be included in the scope of JAS system.

Revisions of the Notification of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy: These revisions of the standards under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy include energy consumption efficiency standards for targeted fiscal year (FY2027 or FY2029), measurement method, etc. of the products listed in column 4.

General Services: Research: Research, including general research, research in connection with environmental programmes, and research programmes relating to particular products.

General Services: Infrastructural services: Infrastructural services, including electricity reticulation, roads and other means of transport, market and port facilities, water supply facilities, dams and drainage schemes, and infrastructural works associated with environmental programmes.

Environmental programmes: Payments for conversion from rice production: payments for maintaining paddy fields in environmentally good condition through growing any plants other than rice or other appropriate managements.

Environmental programmes: Support programme for reduction of environmental burden due to dairy farming: payments to dairy farmers who practice appropriate management to tackle environmental problems.