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Official title
Ministerial Order to Provide Technical Standards for CO2 storage facilities
Japan issued an addendum on 17 July 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/JPN/875. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 14 August 2025. The comment period closed on 13 October 2025.
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・Well 7304, 7305, 7306 ・Pumping equipment 8414.80 ・Pipeline 7304, 7305, 7306, 7307
The comment period closed on 13 October 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/JPN/875/Add.1; it can take them up with Japan.
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Ministerial Order to Provide Technical Standards for CO2 storage facilities
The Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage Business, Article 67 (1) stipulates that storage business operators maintain CO2 storage facilities to ensure that they conform to the technical standards established by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Additionally, Article 86 (1) of the same Act states that CO2 pipeline transport operators maintain CO2 pipeline transport facilities in accordance with the technical standards. We enacted a Ministerial Order to Provide Technical Standards for CO2 Storage Facilities based on the Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage Business to maintain public safety and prevent the occurrence of accidents, with reference to the standards mandated by the Mine Safety Act, the Gas Business Act, and the High-Pressure Gas Safety Act.
The Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage Business, Article 67 (1) stipulates that storage business operators maintain CO2 storage facilities to ensure that they conform to the technical standards established by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Additionally, Article 86 (1) of the same Act states that CO2 pipeline transport operators maintain CO2 pipeline transport facilities in accordance with the technical standards. We will enact a Ministerial Order to Provide Technical Standards for CO2 Storage Facilities based on the Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage Business to maintain public safety and prevent the occurrence of accidents, with reference to the standards mandated by the Mine Safety Act, the Gas Business Act, and the High-Pressure Gas Safety Act.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/JPN/875/Add.1
Ministerial Order to Provide Technical Standards for CO2 storage facilities
The Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage Business, Article 67 (1) stipulates that storage business operators maintain CO2 storage facilities to ensure that they conform to the technical standards established by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Additionally, Article 86 (1) of the same Act states that CO2 pipeline transport operators maintain CO2 pipeline transport facilities in accordance with the technical standards. We enacted a Ministerial Order to Provide Technical Standards for CO2 Storage Facilities based on the Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage Business to maintain public safety and prevent the occurrence of accidents, with reference to the standards mandated by the Mine Safety Act, the Gas Business Act, and the High-Pressure Gas Safety Act.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/JPN/875
Comment deadline: Closed on 13 October 2025
Ministerial Order to Provide Technical Standards for CO2 storage facilities
The Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage Business, Article 67 (1) stipulates that storage business operators maintain CO2 storage facilities to ensure that they conform to the technical standards established by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Additionally, Article 86 (1) of the same Act states that CO2 pipeline transport operators maintain CO2 pipeline transport facilities in accordance with the technical standards. We will enact a Ministerial Order to Provide Technical Standards for CO2 Storage Facilities based on the Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage Business to maintain public safety and prevent the occurrence of accidents, with reference to the standards mandated by the Mine Safety Act, the Gas Business Act, and the High-Pressure Gas Safety Act.
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