Provisional Translation
| OTO No. | 106 | Classification | MHW-75 MITI-49 |
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| Date of Acceptance | March 16, 1983 | Ministry/Agency Receiving Complaint | Ministry of International Trade and Industry (JETRO) |
| Responsible Ministries | Ministry of Health and Welfare Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
Related Laws | Waterworks Law Industrial Standards Law |
| Complainant | Domestic firm | Exporting Countries | Denmark |
| Subject | 1. Review of the regulations of the Japan Water Works Association concerning the materials of water faucets. 2. It is not fair for the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology to have entrusted a private organization with "An investigation into EC brass water faucets". |
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| Details of Measures | 1. Explanations were made that every type of water faucet is examined on whether its work execution, maintenance and control can be made properly and whether it is hygienically safe and that objects of the examination are not limited to bronze water faucets, however brass water faucets are considered problematic because they are easily corroded. 2. Explanations were made that "An investigation of EC brass water faucets" by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology has investigated and examined the suitability of the water faucets to the quality of city water in Japan concerning the request from EC on brass water faucets, that a fair and neutral committee which has a similar constitution as that of a technical committee provided by the Enforcement Regulation of Industrial Standardization Law, was set up in order to ensure the fairness, and further that some men of learning and experience concerned attended the test, etc. |
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| Classification of Processing | 1. Ca 2. Cc |
Directions | 1. I-a 2. IV |
| Remarks | 1. Improvement measures were taken on April 26, 1990, it was decided to allow the use of brass in water faucet systems. | ||