Provisional Translation

OTO No. 331 Classification MITI-91
Date of Acceptance October 1, 1987 Ministry/Agency Receiving Complaint Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Responsible Ministries Ministry of International Trade and Industry Related Laws Electrical Appliance and Material Control Law
Complainant Japan Trade Association (proxy complaint) Exporting Countries
Subject Type authorization for the change alone for electrical appliances that have already received type authorization when there is a change in the specifications
Details of Measures It was replied that type classifications for electrical appliances require that the product be generally recognizable as having basically the same safety properties, using basically the same materials, and having basically the same functions, and that it may be necessary to retest the entire product even if there is a change in one or more of the type classification criteria but not the others since a change in how one part is configured might change the operating temperatures or otherwise affect other parts.
Classification of Processing D Directions II-a
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