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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. 96.51.
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
5.6.2. 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) A part of items classified in ``First-class
Liquified Petroleum (LP) Gas Equipments and Appliances'' will be
transferred to ``Second-class LP Gas Equipments and Appliances''. (2)
A part of items classified in ``First-class LP Gas Equipments and
Appliances'' will be excluded from the above two categories. 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 in ``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# 0486 19960327\FO-0003)
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