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Revision or legislation of the Ministerial ordinance and Notifications under the Act on the Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons: Establishment of the criteria under the Act on the Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons, i.e., the Global Warming Potential (hereinafter "GWP") targets which the products listed in item 4 must satisfy, and the fiscal year targets by which the above GWP targets must be satisfied.

The Partial amendments of the "Public Notice that Prescribes Details of Safety Regulations for Road Transport Vehicles": Introduction of the test procedure of solid particle number measurement method for the exhaust gas emissions from vehicles with Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) exceeding 3.5 tons (excluding those with a seating capacity of no more than 9 passengers used exclusively for passenger use) which equip a diesel engine or a gasoline direct injection engine.

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.

This document specifies the requirements for the minimum energy performance standards (MEPs) for refrigerating appliances.

Regulation on the end-of-waste status of inert construction and demolition waste and other inert waste of mineral origin (...), In general, it is noted that recovered aggregates of various granulometry result from the treatment of inert construction and demolition waste and inert waste of mineral origin, with a similar performance to those from quarries. (...)