Japan amending Public Notice prescribes details of Safety Regulations for Road Transport Vehicle

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has issued notification related to partial amendment to Public Notice prescribes details of Safety Regulations for Road Transport Vehicle. Amendment Providing the specific example of illegal engine control to be prohibited and Clarify that the exhaust pipe has to be piped so that there is little risk to injure passengers according to the exhaust gas entering the passenger compartment.

Products covered : Tractors (other than tractors of heading 87.09). (HS 8701), Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver. (HS 8702), 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. (HS 8703), Motor vehicles for the transport of goods. (HS 8704), 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). (HS 8705).

Proposed date of adoption: Late September 2017

Proposed date of entry into force: Late September 2017

Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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