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1. Animals and Plants, Foods 2. Drugs, Medical Devices, Cosmetics 3. Manufacturing 4. Transportation and Traffic 5. Construction 6. Import Procedures 7. Other |
- 1. Animals and Plants, Foods
Lift the import ban on Belgium-grown peppers and tomatoes
Simplify processed food import inspection
Improve procedures for importing laver
Abolish the advance import confirmation system for wakame seaweed
Review domestic standards on food additives
Expand acceptance of foreign countries' investigation data related to alcoholic beverage ingredient analysis tables
- 2. Drugs, Medical Devices, Cosmetics
Simplification of approval procedures for foreign manufacture of medical devices
Promptly deregulates nutrition supplements
Ensure fair enforcement of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law
Give the regulations on the ingredients used in cosmetics the same form as those of the E.U.
- 3. Manufacturing
Coordinate standards for electricity-generating equipment for emergency use on the international level
Relax inspections related to LPG bulk container import
Simplify procedures for importing high-pressure gas
Relax standards for designating chief electrical engineers for shopping centers
Simplify safety authorization for electrical appliances (amusement-related machinery for commercial use)
Approve the import of chemical products approved by TSCA and the like
Deregulate import of electrical appliances meeting U.S. standards
Internationally standardizes the technical standards, etc., for electrical appliances
Internationally coordinates the dangerous goods class
Relax the standards on designation of personnel responsible for handling freezers for building use
Expand the use of clothing labels that are in English
Expedite import inspections on samples of raw materials of poisonous substances, narcotics and the like
Simply application procedure related to the standards for preventing the explosion of electric machinery
Deregulate pressurized containers and the like
- 4. Transportation and Traffic
Clarify and internationally coordinate the certification procedures pertaining to engines used in shipping
- 5. Construction
Deregulation of construction licenses
Improve the quality inspection and verification system for overseas construction materials (materials imported for public construction)
Simplify JIS verification procedure pertaining to glass used for construction
Simply certification work for construction materials, etc.
Promote the import of overseas construction materials
- 6. Import Procedures
Improvement of tax payment method for postal matter from abroad
Improvement of post-clearance audit methods
Improve method for reporting subsidiary materials
Provide a "before permission" (BP) system and the like
Simplify procedures for re-importing processed goods
Rationalize the system of consigned processing trade
Simply the tariff quota application form
Abolish the external payment on trade report and import report, etc., or ease the necessary report conditions
Increase the number of import cargo inspection personnel
Simplify the types of import application forms
Simplify clearance procedures for imported houses
Simplify import clearance procedures pertaining to product repair
Make confirmation of actual articles on import declaration flexible
Promote introduction of EDI to import clearance procedures
Implement 24-hour-a-day processing of import declarations
- 7. Other
Improvement of policy on registration of Internet domain names by JPNIC
Clarification of tariff review mechanisms
Thorough implementation of the simplified certification of the system for exempting withholding tax at source for foreign banks
Improvement of the issue of the per capita rate for local inhabitants tax on corporation
Deregulate the system on security deposits and paid-in capital pertaining to foreign insurance companies
Deregulate the labour field
Apply deregulation to lawyers engaged in foreign legal affairs in Japan
Prohibit copying of musical scores under the Copyright Law
- 1. Animals and Plants, Foods