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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
Allowing food testing to be conducted by private sector organaizations
Flexible application of food labeling regulations
Relaxing plant quarantine standards (kiwi fruit)
Relaxing plant quarantine standards (apples)
Permitting use of imazalil
Improving the import system for dairy products
Improving import procedures for laver
Abolishing the advance import confirmation system for wakame seaweed
Reviewing plant quarantine standards
Inspection of imported tableware
Responses of the quarantine station to minor errors
Use of food additives permitted in other countries
Abolishing double sampling inspections
Expansion of countries to which animal quarantine inspection certificates may be transmitted electronically
- 2. Drugs, Medical Devices, Cosmetics
Relaxing regulation on dietary supplements
Promoting mutual certification when medical devices are imported
Changing labeling methods for cosmetics and clarifying the implementation schedule for changing the regulation system applied to cosmetics
- 3. Manufacturing
Simplifying importer registration of poisonous and deleterious substances
Simplifying examination procedures for chemicals
Acceptance of foreign standards regarding electrical products
Acceptance of foreign standards regarding gas appliances
- 4. Transportation and Traffic
Introducing the market principle to port business
Eliminating regulations prohibiting tandem riding of motorcycles on expressways
Review of standards for certificate of custody space for motor homes (large campers)
Changes to the vehicle inspection system for towing vehicles and for towed vehicles
Report on study for establishing new categories of towing licenses
Report of committeee studying regulations on trailer homes
Reviewing maximum limits on the width of camper-trailers and reviewing how permits allowing passage of special vehicles are handled
- 5. Construction
Improving evaluation standards for inspection of management items relating to public works projects ordered by local governments
Correcting exclusionary goods procurement for construction projects
Acceptance of foreign test data in inspecting imported building materials
Relaxing regulation of foreign-specification non-combustible materials
Early introduction of mutual certification in the construction field, and promotion of international harmonization of performance standards and performance testing methods for construction materials
Indicating the schedule for implementing performance standards of the Building Standards Law and establishing transparency in setting down government ordinances and rules.
Limiting ordinances passed by local governments based on the Building Standards Law and making related information available
- 6. Import Procedures
Improvement of customs inspection system for containerized cargo
Improvement of customs clearance procedures such as NACCS using the Internet
Temporary customs clearance of special vehicles from Korea
Combining payment of tonnage duty at ports in the Hanshin area
Simplifying import procedures for poisonous and deleterious substances for private use
Toy imports
Reviewing the declaration of payment of consumption tax system when imported goods are cleared through customs
Exempting cargo produced from molds provided gratis from the consumption tax when imports are cleared through customs
Improving the application of preferential tariffs
Clarifying standards for opening customs office outside of regular hours and eliminating overtime service fees
Simplifying documentation used for preparing customs statistics
Pre-clearance inspection of chilled products
Coordinating tariff codes and tariff rates
Speeding up replies for prior instruction
Simplifying procedures for applying Article 8 of the Temporary Tariff Measures Law at the time of import
- 7. Other
Review of landing examination criteria
Reviewing standards for installing equipment using fire under the Fire Service Law
International harmonization of verification testing methods for mutable abiogenesis of glutalaldehyde
- 1. Animals and Plants, Foods