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Official title
Partial Amendment of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Radio Act, etc.
Japan issued an addendum on 30 October 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/JPN/887. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 28 November 2025. The comment period closed on 27 January 2026.
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85.14(industrial heating equipment), 8516.50(microwave oven), 11.040.30(radio knife), 11.040.99(MRI), 25.180(induction heating furnace), 25.200(industrial heating equipment), 25.200(ultrasonic bath), etc
The comment period closed on 27 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/JPN/887/Add.1; it can take them up with Japan.
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Partial Amendment of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Radio Act, etc.
The revisions announced in G/TBT/N/JPN/887 dated 28 November 2025 will enter into force on 2 November 2026. The texts of the amendments in Japanese are available on the following: Website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (The posting on the website will be on or after 2 November.)
Addition of various requirements based on the contents of the latest version of CISPR 11, reduction of the gap between CISPR 11 and existing regulation with domestic deviation, changes in the classification of Equipment Utilizing High Frequency Current(prescribed in Article 100 of the Radio Act), expansion of the scope of type designation, etc.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/JPN/887/Add.1
Partial Amendment of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Radio Act, etc.
The revisions announced in G/TBT/N/JPN/887 dated 28 November 2025 will enter into force on 2 November 2026. The texts of the amendments in Japanese are available on the following: Website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (The posting on the website will be on or after 2 November.)
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/JPN/887
Comment deadline: Closed on 27 January 2026
Partial Amendment of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Radio Act, etc.
Addition of various requirements based on the contents of the latest version of CISPR 11, reduction of the gap between CISPR 11 and existing regulation with domestic deviation, changes in the classification of Equipment Utilizing High Frequency Current(prescribed in Article 100 of the Radio Act), expansion of the scope of type designation, etc.
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