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Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act

Cabinet Order No. 324 of August 14, 1962

The Cabinet hereby enacts this Cabinet Order pursuant to provisions of Article 2; Article 28, paragraph (2); Article 45, paragraph (1); and Articles 54 through 56 of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (Act No. 234 of 1961).

(Electrical Appliances and Materials)

Article 1Electrical appliances and materials under Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act (Act No. 234 of 1961; hereinafter referred to as the "Act") are those listed in the left-hand columns of Appended Table 1 and in Appended Table 2.

(Specified Electrical Appliances and Materials)

Article 1-2Specified electrical appliances and materials under Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act are those listed in the left-hand columns of Appended Table 1.

(Transitional Period for Preservation of Certificates)

Article 2The period prescribed by Cabinet Order under the proviso of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act is as listed in the right-hand columns of Appended Table 1 respectively for each of the specified electrical appliances and materials listed in the left-hand columns of the same table.

(Effective Period for Registration of Conformity Assessment Bodies)

Article 2-2The period prescribed by Cabinet Order under Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Act is 3 years.

(Burden of Expenses for Conformity Assessment at Offices of Foreign Registered Conformity Assessment Bodies)

Article 2-3The expenses prescribed by Cabinet Order under Article 42-4, paragraph (2) of the Act equal the amount of travel expenses required for an official under paragraph (1), item (viii) of the same Article for conformity assessment under the same item (in a case in which provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article require conduct of the conformity assessment at the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (hereinafter referred to as "NITE"), an official of NITE) to travel to the location of the office or place of business pertaining to the conformity assessment. In this case, the detailed categories required for calculation of the amount of those travel expenses are prescribed by Ministerial Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.

(Collection of Reports)

Article 3(1)The matters regarding which the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry may require reporting from those performing the business of manufacture or import of electrical appliances and materials under the provisions of Article 45, paragraph (1) of the Act are the product type and quantity of the electrical appliance and material pertaining to the manufacture or import, the place of manufacture, storage or sales, the content of conformity assessment records, the principal customers, and matters relating to measures taken to prevent the occurrence and recurrence of harm arising in conjunction with the use of the electrical appliance and material and other matters relating to the business of manufacture or import of the electrical appliance and material.

(2)The matters regarding which the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry may require reporting from a person engaged in selling electrical appliances and materials under the provisions of Article 45, paragraph (1) of the Act are the kind and quantity of the electrical appliance and material pertaining to sale, the place of storage or sale, place of purchase, and matters relating to the principal customers and other matters relating to the business of sale of the electrical appliance and material.

(Special Provisions on Electrical Appliances and Materials Intended for Export)

Article 4(1)Regarding the manufacture or import of electrical appliances and materials exclusively for export by a Notifying Supplier, the provisions of Article 8 of the Act (in the case in which the electrical appliance and material is a specified electrical appliance and material, the same Article and Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act)do not apply.

(2)When a person engaged in manufacturing, importing, or selling electrical appliances and materials sells for the purpose of exporting an electrical appliance and material or displays for the purpose of sale an electrical appliance and material, the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Act do not apply.

(Affairs Administered by Prefectural or City Governments)

Article 5(1)Affairs within the authority of the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry pursuant to provisions of Article 45, paragraph (1), Article 46, paragraph (1), and Article 46-2, paragraph (1) of the Act and relating to persons engaged in selling electrical appliances and materials (excluding selling electrical appliances and materials manufactured or imported by the self-same person) (hereinafter such affairs are referred to as "on-site inspection and other affairs" in this Article) are conducted by a person prescribed respectively in the following items in accordance with the classification of cases listed in those items.In this case, the provisions in the Act relating to the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry regarding on-site inspection and other affairs apply to the prefectural governor or the city mayor as provisions relating to prefectural governors or city mayors, respectively:

(i)if their offices, workplaces, stores or warehouses are located in an area in a city:The mayor of the city (where the mayor of the city requests and the governor of the prefecture that includes this city finds it necessary, that prefectural governor and that city mayor); or

(ii)if their offices, workplaces, stores or warehouses are located in an area in a town or village:The governor of the prefecture that includes the town or village.

(2)A prefectural governor or a city mayor conducting on-site inspection and other affairs pursuant to provisions of the preceding paragraph must report the results thereof to the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.

(Delegation of Authority)

Article 6(1)Matters under the authority of the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry pursuant to provisions of Article 3, Article 4, paragraph (2), and Articles 5 through 7 of the Act and relating to Notifying Suppliers having a plant or workplace pertaining to the business of manufacture of electrical appliances and materials belonging to each notifying category (refers to categories of electrical appliances and materials prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 3 of the Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) located only within a single jurisdictional district of a Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry are to be conducted by the Director of the Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry with jurisdiction over the location of that plant or workplace.

(2)Matters under the authority of the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry pursuant to provisions of Article 3, Article 4, paragraph (2), and Articles 5 through 7 of the Act and relating to Notifying Suppliers having an office, workplace, store, or warehouse pertaining to the business of import of electrical appliances and materials belonging to each notifying category located only within a single jurisdictional district of a Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry are to be conducted by the Director of the Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry with jurisdiction over the location of that office, workplace, store, or warehouse.

(3)The authority of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to provisions of Article 11 and Article 12 of the Act is to be exercised by the Director of the Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry with jurisdiction over the location of that office, plant, workplace, store, or warehouse of the Notifying Supplier; provided, however, that does not preclude the exercise by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of the Minister's own authority.

(4)Matters under the authority of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to provisions of Article 45, paragraph (1), Article 46, paragraph (1), and Article 46-2, paragraph (1) of the Act relating to persons engaged in manufacturing or importing electrical appliances and materials are to be conducted by the Director of the Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry with jurisdiction over the location of that office, plant, workplace, store, or warehouse; provided, however, that does not preclude the exercise by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of the Minister's own authority.

(Classification of Affairs)

Article 7The affairs prescribed in Article 45, paragraph (1), Article 46, paragraph (1), and Article 46-2, paragraph (1) of the Act to be handled by the prefectures or cities under provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1), and affairs to be handled by the prefectures or cities under provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) are Type 1 Statutory Entrusted Functions pursuant to provisions of Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).

Supplementary Provisions[Extract]

(1)This Cabinet Order comes into effect as of the effective date of the Act (August 15, 1962); provided, however, that of the provisions of Appended Table 1, sections pertaining to electrical appliances and materials not prescribed in the appended table of the former Electrical Appliances and Materials Control Ordinance (Ordinance No. 30 of the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, 1935; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Ordinance"), which was deemed applicable pursuant to provisions of Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Temporary Measures Concerning Electricity (Ministerial Ordinance No. 99 of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 1952) (hereinafter referred to as "Additional Electrical Appliances and Materials") come into effect as of the date on which 8 months have passed calculated from the effective date of this Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "Effective Date for Additional Electrical Appliances and Materials").

(4)Persons approved by the Minister of International Trade and Industry as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order pursuant to provisions of the proviso of Article 3 of the Former Ordinance with regard to electrical appliances and materials for actual export are deemed to have submitted a notification regarding the electrical appliances and materials pursuant to provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3).

(8)Labeling for Class-A electrical appliances and materials under transition under Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Cabinet Order for Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (Cabinet Order No. 135 of 2000; hereinafter referred to as the "2000 Partially Amending Cabinet Order") (referred to hereinafter simply as "Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition) as prescribed by provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article and appended to those listed in Appended Table 2 is deemed to be labeling appended pursuant to provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Act.

(9)Except in cases subject to provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Partially Amending Cabinet Order, labeling for Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition as prescribed by provisions of Article 25-4, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (Act No. 234 of 1961; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act") pursuant to provisions of Article 10 of the Act on Consolidation and Streamlining of Standards and Certification Systems Relating to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Act No. 121 of 1999) as appended to those items listed in Appended Table 2 (including labeling prescribed in Article 25-4, paragraph (1) of the Former Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act and deemed applicable pursuant to provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Partially Amending Cabinet Order) is deemed to be labeling appended pursuant to provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Act.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 319 of November 15, 1968 Extract][Extract]

(1)This Cabinet Order comes into effect as of the effective date (November 19, 1968) of the Act for Partial Revision of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (Act No. 56 of 1968).

(7)Prior laws continue govern to the valid term of authorization under Article 18 or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act received prior to the enforcement of this Cabinet Order until the valid term is renewed.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 198 of June 5, 1974]

This Cabinet order comes into effect as from the date of promulgation.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 305 of November 11, 1977]

(1)This Cabinet order comes into effect as from March 1, 1978.

(2)Persons engaged in manufacturing electrical appliances and materials prescribed in the left-hand columns of the post-amendment Appended Table 1 but not prescribed in the same table pre-amendment at the time of the effective date of this Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "Additional Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials") that are not registered under Article 3 of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") with respect to the business category to which that additional Class-A Electrical Appliance and Materials belongs may, notwithstanding the provisions of the same Article, engage in manufacturing those Additional Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials for a period of 15 days from the effective date of this Cabinet Order. In the case in which that person has applied for registration under the same Article within that period, the same applies with respect to the period until a disposition occurs of either registration or rejection of registration.

(3)Persons actually engaged in manufacturing Additional Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order, other than those prescribed in the preceding paragraph, may manufacture those Additional Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials for 15 days from the effective date of this Cabinet Order, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 18 of the Act. In the case in which these persons have applied for authorization under the same Article for those Additional Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials within that period, the same applies in regard to the period until a disposition granting or denying authorization in connection with that application (in the case in which an applicant for authorization with the attached documents prescribed in the proviso of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act has submitted an application for testing under Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Act for those Additional Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials within that period, the period until the appliances and materials pass or fail the testing, and the period until a disposition granting or denying authorization in connection with that application is made in the case in which the person having electrical appliances and materials that passed testing has applied for this authorization within 5 days from the date on which testing was passed with attached documents attesting to the fact that the testing was passed).

(4)The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to persons prescribed in paragraph (2) that have applied for and been granted registration under Article 3 of the Act within the period of the first sentence of the same paragraph, and to persons actually engaged in importing Additional Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order.In this case, with respect to persons granted registration, the phrase "the effective date of this Cabinet Order" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the date on which registration was granted."

(5)With regard to the application of provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) and Article 26-3, paragraph (1) of the Act relating to persons actually engaged as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order in the manufacturing or importing electrical appliances and materials prescribed in the post-amendment Appended Table 2 but not prescribed in the same table pre-amendment (hereinafter referred to as "Additional Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials"), the phrase "the date of commencement of business" is deemed to be replaced with "the effective date of the Cabinet Order for Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (Cabinet Order No. 305 of 1977)."

(6)The provisions of Article 27 and Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Act do not apply to Additional Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials and Additional Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials for two years from the effective date of this Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 171 of July 22, 1983]

This Cabinet Order comes into effect as of the effective date of the Act for Partial Revision of Relevant Acts for Facilitating Acquisition of Approval for Product Types by Foreign Entrepries (August 1, 1983).

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 47 of March 28, 1986]

(1)This Cabinet Order comes into effect as from March 31, 1986.

(2)Persons having actually either received authorization or applied for authorization under Article 18 of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") for the product types of electrical appliances and materials prescribed in the post-amendment Appended Table 2 but not prescribed in the pre-amendment Appended Table 2 (hereinafter referred to as "Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition") as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order are deemed to have submitted notifications pursuant to provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the Act for electrical appliance and material product types pertaining to the authorization or application for authorization.

(3)Persons having actually received authorization or applied for authorization under Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act, or persons having actually received confirmation or applied for confirmation under Article 23-2, paragraph (1) of the Act for product types of Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order are deemed to have submitted notifications pursuant to provisions of Article 26-3, paragraph (1) of the Act for electrical appliance and material product types pertaining to that authorization or application for authorization, or to that confirmation or application for confirmation.

(4)Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition pertaining to product types having actually received authorization under Article 18 or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act, or having received confirmation under Article 23-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order, may attach labeling according to a method prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry under Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Act for a period of 1 year from the effective date of this Cabinet Order, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 26-6, paragraph (2) of the Act.

(5)Labeling attached to Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition under Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Act is deemed to be labeling under Article 26-6, paragraph (1) of the Act for a period of 3 years from the effective date of this Cabinet Order.

(6)Persons actually having received approval for Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Act are deemed to have received approval under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-4, paragraph (2) of the Act.

(7)Persons actually having received approval for Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 23-3, paragraph (2) of the Act are deemed to have received approval under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-5, paragraph (2) of the Act.

(8)Persons having actually submitted notifications pursuant to provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order for Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition are deemed to have submitted notifications pursuant to provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article.

(9)Prior laws continue to govern the valid term of authorization under Article 18 or Article 23, paragraph 1 of the Act received prior to the enforcement of this Cabinet Order is until the valid term is renewed.

(10)Prior laws continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 407 of December 22, 1987]

(1)This Cabinet Order comes into force as from January 13, 1988.

(2)With regard to Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition (refers to electrical appliances and materials prescribed in the post-amendment Appended Table 2 but not prescribed in the pre-amendment Appended Table 2 under this Cabinet Order; hereinafter the same applies), persons actually having received disposition listed in the left-hand columns of the following table or having executed procedures listed in the same columns as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order are deemed to have received the disposition listed in the right-hand columns of the same table, or to have executed procedures listed in the same columns, with respect to the Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition pertaining to the disposition or procedures, respectively.

Approval or application for approval under Article 18 of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act")	Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act	Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the Act and approval and application for approval under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-4, paragraph (2) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Act	Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-4, paragraph (2) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act, or confirmation or application for confirmation under Article 23-2, paragraph (1) of the Act	Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 26-3, paragraph (1) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act	Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 26-3, paragraph (1) of the Act, and approval and application for approval under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-5, paragraph (2) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 23-3, paragraph (2) of the Act	Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-5, paragraph (2) of the Act
Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3)	Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 4, paragraph (4)

(3)Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition pertaining to product types having actually received authorization under Article 18 or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act, or having received confirmation under Article 23-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order, may attach labeling in accordance with a method prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry under Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Act for a period of 1 year from the effective date of this Cabinet Order, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 26-6, paragraph (2) of the Act.

(4)Labeling attached to Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition under Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Act is deemed to be labeling under Article 26-6, paragraph (1) of the Act for a period of 3 years from the effective date of this Cabinet Order.

(5)Prior laws continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 171 of March 31, 1995 Extract][Extract]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into force as from July 1, 1995.

(Transitional Measures)

Article 2(1)With regard to electrical appliances and materials prescribed in the pre-amendment Appended Table 1 and prescribed in the post-amendment Appended Table 2 (hereinafter referred to as "Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition"), persons actually having received disposition listed in the left-hand columns of the following table or having executed procedures listed in the same columns as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order are, as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order, deemed to have received the disposition listed in the right-hand columns of the same table, or to have executed procedures listed in the same columns, with respect to the Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition pertaining to the disposition or procedures, respectively.

Approval or application for approval under Article 18 of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act")	Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act	Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the Act and approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-4, paragraph (2) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Act	Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 18 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-4, paragraph (2) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act, or confirmation or application for confirmation under Article 23-2, paragraph (1) of the Act	Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 26-3, paragraph (1) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act	Notification pursuant to provisions of Article 26-3, paragraph (1) of the Act and approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-5, paragraph (2) of the Act
Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 23-3, paragraph (2) of the Act.	Approval or application for approval under the proviso of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in Article 26-5, paragraph (2) of the Act

(2)Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition pertaining to product types having actually received authorization under Article 18 or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act, or having received confirmation under Article 23-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order, may attach labeling in accordance with a method prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry under Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Act for a period of 1 year from the effective date of this Cabinet Order, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 26-6, paragraph (2) of the Act.

(3)Labeling attached to Class-B Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition under Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Act is be deemed to be labeling under Article 26-6, paragraph (1) of the Act for a period of 5 years from the effective date of this Cabinet Order.

(4)Prior laws continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Cabinet Order .

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 161 of April 9, 1997]

(Effective Date)

(1)This Cabinet order comes into force as from the date of promulgation.

(Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions)

(2)Prior laws continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 385 of December 3, 1999 Extract][Extract]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into force as from April 1, 2000.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 135 of March 29, 2000]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into force as from April 1, 2001.

(Transitional Measures in accordance with Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act)

Article 2(1)With regard to application of the provisions of Article 3 of the post-amendment Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act") pursuant to provisions of Article 10 of the Act on the Consolidation and Streamlining of Standards and Certification Systems Relating to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (hereinafter referred to as the "Consolidation and Streamlining Act") relating to persons actually engaged in manufacturing or importing electrical appliances and materials listed in Appended Table 2, item (viii) (70) of the post-amendment Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act (referred to in the following paragraph as "Additional Electrical Appliances and Materials") as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order, the phrase "the date of commencement of business" is deemed to be replaced with "the effective date of provisions of the Cabinet Order for Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (Cabinet Order No. 135 of 2000)."

(2)The provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) (except the case in which the person engaged in manufacturing or importing is engaged in sale) and Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act do not apply to the Additional Electrical Appliances and Materials for a period of 2 years from the effective date of this Cabinet Order.

(Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition and Periods Prescribed by Cabinet Order under Article 49 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act)

Article 3Items prescribed by Cabinet Order as electrical appliances and materials under transition that require a considerable period of time for repair or rebuilding of manufacturing facilities in conjunction with a change in labeling pursuant to provisions of Article 49 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act are the items listed in the left-hand columns of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the periods prescribed by Cabinet Order under the same Article are those listed in the right-hand columns of the same table for each electrical appliance and material under transition listed in the left-hand columns of the same table.

Article 4Deleted.

Article 5Deleted.

(Specified Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition Prescribed by Cabinet Order under Article 50 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act)

Article 6Items prescribed by Cabinet Order as specified electrical appliances and materials under transition normally that require a considerable period of time from manufacturing to sales pursuant to provisions of Article 50 of Supplementary Provisions of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act are those listed under items (i) through (v), item (vii), sub-item (a) and sub-item (e), and item (ix), sub-item (d) of Appended Table 2 of Supplementary Provisions.

(Periods Prescribed by Cabinet Order under Article 50 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act)

Article 7The periods prescribed by Cabinet Order under Article 50 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act are those listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions respectively for each specified electrical appliance and material under transition listed in the left-hand column of the same table (refers to specified electrical appliances and materials under transition pursuant to provisions of Article 47, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act).

(Transitional Measures in accordance with Enforcement of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act)

Article 8(1)With regard to labeling or sales of electrical appliances and materials listed in Appended Table 1 of the pre-amendment Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act and listed in Appended Table 2 of the post-amendment Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act pertaining to approval for product types pursuant to provisions of Article 25-3, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act (referred to hereinafter in this Article as the "Former Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act") pursuant to provisions of Article 10 of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act actually affected as of the enforcement of provisions of Article 10 of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act (including approval for product types received with provisions of Article 45, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3) of Supplementary Provisions of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act deemed applicable) (hereinafter such electrical appliances and materials are referred to as "Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition" in this Article), prior laws continue to govern until either the date on which the period listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table 5 of the Supplementary Provisions for those Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition listed in the left-hand column of the same table has passed, calculated from the effective date of provisions of Article 10 of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act, or the date on which the period listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table 1 of the pre-amendment Order of Enforcement of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act for those Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition has passed, calculated from the date of such approval, whichever is earlier, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2), Article 27, paragraph (1), and Article 28 of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act.

(2)With regard to Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition pertaining to product types actually having received authorization under Article 18 or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Former Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act or confirmation under Article 23-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act as of the enforcement of provisions of Article 10 of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act, labeling pursuant to the provisions in force of Article 25, paragraph (1), or Article 26-6, paragraph (1) of the Former Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act may be attached until the date on which 1 year has passed calculated from the effective date of the provisions of Article 10 of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act (for the Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, the periods listed respectively in the right-hand column of the same table), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2) of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act.

(3)Beyond the case where prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), with regard to Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition with labeling attached pursuant to provisions of Article 25-4, paragraph (1) of the Former Electrical Appliance and Material Control Act, prior laws continue to govern until the date on which the periods listed respectively in the right-hand column of Appended Table 5 of the Supplementary Provisions for each of the Class-A Electrical Appliances and Materials under Transition listed in the left-hand column of the same table, calculated from the effective date of provisions of Article 10 of the Consolidation and Streamlining Act, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2), Article 27, paragraph (1), and Article 28 of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act.

(Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions)

Article 9Prior laws continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Cabinet Order and to acts committed after the enforcement of this Cabinet Order in the case in which the provisions then in force are deemed applicable by the provisions of this Supplementary Provisions.

Supplementary Provisions Appended Table 1

(i) The following electric wires (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 600 volts):
1. The following insulated electric wires (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 100 square millimetres):
i. Rubber insulated electric wires (including those whose insulation is synthetic rubber)	2 years
ii. Synthetic resin insulated electric wires (excluding those listed in item (i), 1 of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions)	2 years
2. Cables (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 22 square millimetres and having not more than 7 cores and a sheath of rubber (including synthetic rubber) or synthetic resin)	2 years
3. Cords	2 years
4. Flexible cables (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 100 square millimetres and having not more than 7 cores)	2 years
(ii) The following conduits, their accessories, and cable wiring switch boxes (excluding those made of copper or brass and explosion-proof types):
1. Conduit tubes (including flexible conduit tubes, and limited to those whose internal diameter is not more than 120 millimetres)	3 years
2. Underfloor ducts (limited to those whose width is not more than 100 millimetres)	3 years
3. Wire gutters (limited to those whose width is not more than 50 millimetres)	3 years
4. Conduits accessories (limited to those connecting to the conduits listed in 1, the floor ducts listed in 2, and the wire gutters listed in 3, and to the ends thereof, and excluding reducers)	3 years
5. Cable wiring switch boxes	3 years
(iii) The following fuses (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts, used in AC circuits):
1. Thermal links	2 years
2. Other fuses (limited to those with a rated current of not less than 1 ampere and not more than 200 amperes (in the case of fuses for electric motors, those with a rated capacity for that applied electric motor of not more than 12 kilowatts), and excluding those listed in item (ii) of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions and quick-acting fuses for semiconductor protection)	2 years
(iv) The following wiring devices (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts (in the case of fluorescent lamp sockets, those with not less than 100 volts and not more than 1,000 volts) used in AC circuits, and excluding explosion-proof types and oil-filled types):
1. Tumbler switches, cord switches, time switches, and other switches (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 30 amperes, and excluding those listed in item (iii), 1 of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions, and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	3 years
2. The following switches (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes (for electric motor switches, those with a rated capacity for the applied electric motor of not more than 12 kilowatts), and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device):
i. Box switches (including switches with covers)	3 years
ii. Float switches	3 years
iii. Pressure switches (limited to those with a rated operating pressure of not more than 294 kilopascals)	3 years
iv. Sewing machine controllers	3 years
v. Molded case circuit breakers	3 years
vi. Earth leakage circuit breakers	3 years
3. Cutouts (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes and with attached link fuses or plug fuses)	3 years
4. The following connectors and accessories therefor (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 50 amperes and a polarity of not more than 5, including those with blinking mechanisms other than time switch mechanisms):
i. Plug connectors (excluding those listed in item (iii), 3 of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	3 years
ii. Screw connectors (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	3 years
iii. Sockets (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical light fixtures)	3 years
iv. Rosettes	3 years
v. Joint boxes	3 years
(v) Current limiters (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes, used in AC circuits)	3 years
(vi) The following single-phase small power transformers and electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with a rated primary voltage (for electric-discharge lamp ballasts other than transformer types, the rated voltage) of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency (for double frequencies, one of the rated frequencies; the same shall applies hereinafter) of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):
1. The following single-phase small power transformers (limited to those with a rated capacity of not more than 500 volt-amperes):
i. Transformers for household appliances (excluding those listed in ii, those listed in item (iv), 1, i and v of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions, and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	2 years
ii. Transformers for electronic appliances (limited to power supply transformers with a rated capacity of exceeding 10 volt-amperes, and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	2 years
2. The following electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with total rated power consumption for the applied discharge tube of not more than 500 watts):
i. Fluorescent lamp ballasts (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	2 years
ii. Mercury vapour lamp ballasts and other high-voltage electric-discharge lamp ballasts (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	2 years
iii. Ozonizer ballasts	2 years
(vii) Single-phase electric motors (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, and excluding variable polarity type motors, explosion-proof motors, motors with special structures for use in spinning machines, metal rolling machines or medical machinery devices, and motors with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device other than electric sewing machines)	2 years
(viii) The following electric heating appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated power consumption of not more than 10 kilowatts, used in AC circuits):
1. Electric cooking hot plates and electric frying pans	2 years
2. Electric curling irons and electric hair curlers	2 years
(ix) The following electric motor-operated appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):
1. Electric pumps (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1.5 kilowatts, and excluding those listed in (iv), 65 of Appended Table 4 of the Supplemental Provisions, and vacuum pumps, oil pumps, sand pumps and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	2 years
2. Electric grass cutters and electric trimmers	2 years
3. Electric lawn mowers	2 years
4. Electric toothbrushes and electric brushes	2 years
5. Electric hair dryers, electric shavers, electric hair clippers, electric nail polishers, and other electric motor-operated appliances for skin or hair care	2 years
6. Ventilation fans (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 300 watts)	2 years
7. Electric air conditioners (limited to those with a total rated power consumption for the electric motor of 7 kilowatts or less, and for those having an electric heating device, limited to those with a rated power usage for the electric heating device of not more than 5 kilowatts)	2 years
8. Electric air cleaners (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)	2 years
9. Electric grinders, electric drills, electric planers, electric saws, electric screwdrivers, and other electric power tools (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)	2 years
10. Electric massagers	2 years
(x) Pedestal lighting fixtures, household pendant fluorescent lamp lighting fixtures, hand lamps, garden lighting fixtures, decorative lighting fixtures (limited to those using capless bulbs or having sockets with inner receptacle diameter of not more than 15.5 millimetres) and other incandescent lamp lighting fixtures and discharge lamp lighting fixtures (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits, and excluding explosion-proof types)	2 years
(xi) DC power supply units (including those with an AC power source device dual use, limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts, with a rated capacity of not more than 1 kiloampere, and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, and excluding those for testing wireless communication equipment and those with other special structures)	2 years

Supplementary Provisions Appended Table 2

(i) The following electric wires (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 600 volts):
1. The following insulated electric wires (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 100 square millimetres):
i. Rubber insulated electric wires (including those whose insulation is synthetic rubber)	7 years
ii. Synthetic resin insulated electric wires (excluding those listed in item (i), 1 of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions)	7 years
2. Cables (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 22 square millimetres, and having not more than 7 cores and a sheath of rubber (including synthetic rubber) or synthetic resin)	7 years
3. Cords	7 years
4. Flexible cables (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 100 square millimetres and having not more than 7 cores)	7 years
(ii) The following fuses (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts, used in AC circuits):
1. Thermal links	7 years
2. Other fuses (limited to those with a rated current of not less than 1 ampere and not more than 200 amperes (in the case of fuses for electric motors, those with a rated capacity for that applied electric motor of not more than 12 kilowatts), and excluding those listed in item (ii) of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions and quick-acting fuses for semiconductor protection)	7 years
(iii) The following wiring devices (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts (in the case of fluorescent lamp sockets, those with not less than 100 volts and not more than 1,000 volts) used in AC circuits, and excluding explosion-proof types and oil-filled types):
1. Tumbler switches, cord switches, time switches, and other switches (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 30 amperes, and excluding those listed in item (iii), 1 of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions, and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	10 years
2. The following switches (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes (for electric motor switches, those with a rated capacity for the applied electric motor of not more than 12 kilowatts), and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device):
i. Box switches (including switches with covers)	10 years
ii. Float switches	10 years
iii. Pressure switches (limited to those with a rated operating pressure of not more than 294 kilopascals)	10 years
iv. Sewing machine controllers	10 years
v. Molded case circuit breakers	10 years
vi. Earth leakage circuit breakers	10 years
3. Cutouts (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes and with attached link fuses or plug fuses)	10 years
4. The following connectors and accessories therefor (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 50 amperes and a polarity of not more than 5, including those with blinking mechanisms other than time switch mechanisms):
i. Plug connectors (excluding those listed in item (iii), 3 of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	10 years
ii. Screw connectors (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	10 years
iii. Sockets (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	10 years
iv. Rosettes	10 years
v. Joint boxes	7 years
(iv) Current limiters (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes, used in AC circuits)	7 years
(v) The following single-phase small power transformers and electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with a rated primary voltage (for electric-discharge lamp ballasts other than transformer types, the rated voltage) of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):
1. The following single-phase small power transformers (limited to those with a rated capacity of not more than 500 volt-amperes):
i. Transformers for household appliances (excluding those listed in ii, those listed in item (iv), 1, i and v of Appended Table 3 of the Supplemental Provisions, and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
ii. Transformers for electronic mechanical appliances (limited to power supply transformers with a rated capacity of exceeding 10 volt-amperes, and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
2. The following electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with total rated power consumption for the applied discharge tube of not more than 500 watts):
i. Fluorescent lamp ballasts (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	7 years
ii. Mercury vapour lamp ballasts and other high-voltage electric-discharge lamp ballasts (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	7 years
iii. Ozonizer ballasts	7 years
(vi) The following electric heating appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated power consumption of not more than 10 kilowatts, used in AC circuits):
1. Electric heated toilet seats	5 years
2. Electric hot cupboards	5 years
3. Electric water pipe freeze protection prevention heaters, glass fogging dew-prevention heater, and other electric heating appliances for preventing freezing or condensation	5 years
4. Electric storage water heaters	5 years
5. Electric heating-type inhalators and other household electric heating therapeutic appliances (excluding those listed in item (vi) of Appended Table 3)	5 years
6. Electric steam baths and electric heaters for steam baths	5 years
7. Electric sauna baths and electric heaters for sauna baths	5 years
8. Electric aquarium heaters	5 years
9. Electric heaters for ornamental plants	5 years
10. Electric heating-type toys	5 years
(vii) The following electric motor-operated appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):
1. Electric pumps (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1.5 kilowatts, and excluding those listed in (iv), 65 of Appended Table 4 of the Supplemental Provisions, and vacuum pumps, oil pumps, sand pumps and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
2. Showcases for refrigeration or freezing (limited to those having a cooling device with a rated power consumption of not more than 300 watts)	5 years
3. Ice cream freezers (limited to those using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)	5 years
4. Electric food waste disposers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)	5 years
5. Electric massagers	7 years
6. Automatic washing and drying type toilets	5 years
7. Vending machines (limited to those having an electric heating device, a cooling device, an electric-discharge lamp, or a liquid storing device and excluding those for passenger tickets)	5 years
8. Electric bubble-generating machines (for those other than used in bathtubs, limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 100 watts)	5 years
9. Electric motor-operated type toys and other motor-operated amusement devices (excluding those listed in item (iv), 68 of Appended Table 4 of the Supplemental Provisions)	5 years
(viii) High-frequency hair removal depilators (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts, with a rated high-frequency output of not more than 50 watts, and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits)	5 years
(ix) The following AC electrical appliances other than those listed from item (ii) through the preceding item (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz):
1. Magnetic therapeutic appliances	5 years
2. Electric insect killers	5 years
3. Power supply units for electric bath	5 years
4. DC power supply units (including those with an AC power source device dual use, limited to those with a rated capacity of not more than 1 kilovolt -ampere, and excluding those for testing wireless communication equipment and those with other special structures)	7 years
(x) Portable generators with a rated voltage of not less than 30 volts and not more than 300 volts	5 years

Supplementary Provisions[Extract]

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Supplementary Provisions[Extract]

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Supplementary Provisions Appended Table 5

(i) The following electric wires and electric floor heating wires:
1. The following insulated electric wires (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 100 square millimetres):
i. Wires for fluorescent lamps	7 years
ii. Wires for neon tubes	7 years
2. Cables (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 600 volts, with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of exceeding 22 square millimetres and not more than 100 square millimetres, and having not more than 7 cores, and a sheath of rubber (including synthetic rubber) or synthetic resin)	7 years
3. Electric floor heating wires	7 years
(ii) The following fuses (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated current of not less than 1 ampere and not more than 200 amperes (for electric motor fuses, the rated capacity of the applied electric motor is not more than 12 kilowatts), used in AC circuits):
1. Cartridge fuses	7 years
2. End contact fuses	7 years
(iii) The following wiring devices (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts, used in AC circuits, and excluding explosion-proof types and oil-filled types):
1. Remote control relays (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 30 amperes, and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	10 years
2. The following switching devices (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes (for electric motor switches, those with a rated capacity for the applied electric motor of not more than 12 kilowatts), and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device):
i. Cutout switches	10 years
ii. Covered knife switches	10 years
iii. Panelboard unit switches	10 years
iv. Electromagnetic switches (limited to those in boxes and having overcurrent relay mechanisms, or to those with attached fuses)	10 years
3. Lighting busways and accessories thereof (limited to those connecting lighting busways or connecting to the ends thereof) and lighting busway connectors (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 50 amperes and a polarity of not more than 5, including those with blinking mechanisms other than time switch mechanisms)	10 years
(iv) The following single-phase small power transformers, voltage regulators, and electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with a rated primary voltage (for electric-discharge lamp ballasts other than transformer types, the rated voltage) of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):
1. The following single-phase small power transformers (limited to those with a rated capacity of not more than 500 volt-amperes):
i. Transformers for bells (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
ii. Transformers for indicators (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
iii. Transformers for remote control relay (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
iv. Transformers for neon tubes (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
v. Transformers for combustion appliances (limited to those for ignition use, excluding pulse types)	7 years
2. Voltage regulators (limited to those with rated capacity of not more than 500 volt-amperes, excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
3. The following electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with total rated power consumption for the applied discharge tube of not more than 500 watts):
i. Ballasts for sodium vapor lamps (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	7 years
ii. Ballasts for germicidal lamps	7 years
(v) Squirrel cage three-phase induction motors (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 150 volts and not more than 300 volts, a rated output of not more than 3 kilowatts, and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, and excluding short-term rated motors, variable polarity type motors, explosion-proof motors, motors with special structures for use in spinning machines, metal rolling machines or medical machinery devices, and motors with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device other than electric sewing machines)	7 years
(vi) Electric moxibustion appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated power consumption of not more than 10 kilowatts, used in AC circuits)	5 years
(vii) Household electric motor-operated therapeutic apparatuses (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits, and excluding those listed in item (vii), 5 of the Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions)	5 years
(viii) The following electronic appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):
1. Household low frequency therapeutic apparatuses	5 years
2. Household ultrasonic therapeutic apparatuses and household ultrashort wave therapeutic apparatuses (limited to those with a rated high-frequency output of not more than 50 watts)	5 years
(ix) The following AC electrical appliances other than those listed from item (ii) through the preceding item (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz):
1. Household electric-potential therapeutic apparatuses	5 years
2. Electric fence energizers	5 years

Supplementary Provisions Appended Table 6

(i) The following electric wires and electric floor heating wires:
1. The following insulated electric wires (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 100 square millimetres):
i. Wires for fluorescent lamps	2 years
ii. Wires for neon tubes	2 years
2. Cables (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 600 volts, with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of exceeding 22 square millimetres and not more than 100 square millimetres, and having 7 not more than cores, and a sheath of rubber (including synthetic rubber) or synthetic resin)	2 years
3. Electric floor heating wires	2 years
(ii) The following fuses (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated current of not less than 1 ampere and not more than 200 amperes (for electric motor fuses, the rated capacity of the applied electric motor is not more than 12 kilowatts), used in AC circuits):
1. Cartridge fuses	2 years
2. End contact fuses	2 years
(iii) The following wiring devices (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts, used in AC circuits, and excluding explosion-proof types and oil-filled types):
1. Remote control relays (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 30 amperes, and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	3 years
2. The following switching devices (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes (for electric motor switches, those with a rated capacity for the applied electric motor of not more than 12 kilowatts), and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device):
i. Cutout switches	3 years
ii. Covered knife switches	3 years
iii. Panelboard unit switches	3 years
iv. Electromagnetic switches (limited to those in boxes and having overcurrent relay mechanisms, or to those with attached fuses)	3 years
3. Lighting busways and accessories thereof (limited to those connecting lighting busways or connecting to the ends thereof) and lighting busway connectors (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 50 amperes and a polarity of not more than 5, including those with blinking mechanisms other than time switch mechanisms)	3 years
(iv) The following single-phase small power transformers, voltage regulators, and electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with a rated primary voltage (for electric-discharge lamp ballasts other than transformer types, the rated voltage) of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):
1. The following single-phase small power transformers (limited to those with a rated capacity of not more than 500 volt-amperes):
i. Transformers for bells (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	2 years
ii. Transformers for indicators (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	2 years
iii. Transformers for remote control relays (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	2 years
iv. Transformers for neon tubes (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	2 years
v. Transformers for combustion appliance (limited to those for ignition use, excluding pulse types)	2 years
2. Voltage regulators (limited to those with rated capacity of not more than 500 volt-amperes, excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	2 years
3. The following electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with total rated power consumption for the applied discharge tube of not more than 500 watts):
i. Ballasts for sodium vapor lamps (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	2 years
ii. Ballasts for germicidal lamps	2 years
(v) Squirrel cage three-phase induction motors (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 150 volts and not more than 300 volts, a rated output of not more than 3 kilowatts, and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, and excluding short-term rated motors, variable polarity type motors, explosion-proof motors, motors with special structures for use in spinning machines, metal rolling machines or medical machinery devices, and motors with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device other than electric sewing machines)	2 years

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 311 of June 7, 2000 Extract][Extract]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into effect as from the effective date of the Act for Partial Revision of the Cabinet Act (Act No. 88 of 1999) (January 6, 2001).

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 333 of June 7, 2000 Extract][Extract]

(Effective Date)

(1)This Cabinet Order (excluding Article 1) comes into effect as from April 1, 2001.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 434 of September 22, 2000 Extract][Extract]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into effect as from October 1, 2000; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1 (limited to sections pertaining to item (i)) through Article 3, Article 5, revised provisions of Article 3 of the Order of Enforcement for the Consumer Product Safety Act in Article 10, and the provisions of Article 12 come into effect as from April 1, 2001.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 526 of December 17, 2003 Extract][Extract]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into effect as from the effective date (March 1, 2004) of the Act Concerning the Arrangement of Acts Related to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry for the Purpose of Promoting Reform Pertaining to Public Interest Corporations.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 329 of October 27, 2004 Extract][Extract]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into effect as from the date of promulgation.

(Transitional Measures)

Article 3Prior laws continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 371 of December 14, 2007]

This Cabinet Order comes into effect as of the effective date (December 21, 2007) of the revised provisions prescribed in the proviso of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act for Partial Revision of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 169 of May 1, 2008]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into effect as of the effective date of the Act for Partial Revision of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act (Act No. 116 of 2007) (November 20, 2008).

(Transitional Measures)

Article 2(1)Regarding the application of provisions of Article 3 of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act relating to persons actually engaged in manufacturing or importing electrical appliances and materials listed in item (xii) of Appended Table 2 of the post-amendment Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "Additional Electrical Appliances and Materials"), the phrase "date of commencement of business" in the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "the effective date of the Act for Partial Revision of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act (Act No. 116 of 2007)."

(2)The provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) and Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act do not apply to Additional Electrical Appliances and Materials manufactured or imported prior to the enforcement of this Cabinet Order.

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 213 of July 6, 2011]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into effect as of July 1, 2012.

(Transitional Measures)

Article 2(1)With regard to the application of provisions of Article 3 of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act relating to persons actually engaged as of the effective date of this Cabinet Order in the manufacturing or importing electrical appliances and materials prescribed in Appended Table 2 of the post-amendment Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act but not prescribed in Appended Table 2 of the pre-amendment Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act (hereinafter such electrical appliances and materials are referred to as "Additional Electrical Appliances and Materials"), the phrase "the date of commencement of business" in the Article is deemed to be replaced with "the effective date of the Cabinet Order for Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act (Cabinet Order No. 213 of 2011)."

Supplementary Provisions[Cabinet Order No. 96 of March 30, 2012 Extract][Extract]

(Effective Date)

Article 1This Cabinet Order comes into effect as of April 1, 2012.

(Transitional Measures in accordance with Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act)

Article 3The collection of reports or other acts which have been performed, prior to the effective date, by a prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 45, paragraph (1), Article 46, paragraph (1), or Article 46-2, paragraph (1) of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act and which pertain to the affairs to be performed by a city mayor after the effective date pursuant to these provisions are deemed to be the collection of reports or other acts having been performed by the city mayor respectively pursuant to these provisions.

Appended Table 1 (Re. Article 1, Article 1-2, and Article 2)

(i) The following electric wires (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 600 volts):
1. The following insulated electric wires (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 100 square millimetres):
i. Rubber insulated electric wires (including those whose insulation is synthetic rubber)	7 years
ii. Synthetic resin insulated electric wires (excluding those listed in item (i), 1 of Appended Table 2)	7 years
2. Cables (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 22 square millimetres, and having not more than 7 cores and a sheath of rubber (including synthetic rubber) or synthetic resin)	7years
3. Cords	7 years
4. Flexible cables (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 100 square millimetres and having not more than 7 cores)	7 years
(ii) The following fuses (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts, used in AC circuits):
1. Thermal links	7 years
2. Other fuses (limited to those with a rated current of not less than 1 ampere and not more than 200 amperes (in the case of fuses for electric motors, those with a rated capacity for that applied electric motor of not more than 12 kilowatts), and excluding those listed in item (iii) of Appended Table 2 and quick-acting fuses for semiconductor protection)	7 years
(iii) The following wiring devices (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts (in the case of fluorescent lamp sockets, those with not less than 100 volts and not more than 1,000 volts) used in AC circuits, and excluding explosion-proof types and oil-filled types):
1. Tumbler switches, cord switches, time switches, and other switches (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 30 amperes, and excluding those listed in item (iv), 1 of Appended Table 2, and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
2. The following switches (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes (for electric motor switches, those with a rated capacity for the applied electric motor of not more than 12 kilowatts), and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device):
i. Box switches (including switches with covers)	7 years
ii. Float switches	7 years
iii. Pressure switches (limited to those with a rated operating pressure of not more than 294 kilopascals)	7 years
iv. Sewing machine controllers	7 years
v. Molded case circuit breakers	7 years
vi. Earth leakage circuit breakers	7 years
3. Cutouts (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes and with attached link fuses or plug fuses)	7 years
4. The following connectors and accessories therefor (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 50 amperes and a polarity of not more than 5, including those with blinking mechanisms other than time switch mechanisms):
i. Plug connectors (excluding those listed in item (iv), 3 of Appended Table 2 and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
ii. Screw connectors (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
iii. Sockets (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	7 years
iv. Rosettes	7 years
v. Joint boxes	7 years
(iv) Current limiters (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes, used in AC circuits)	7 years
(v) The following single-phase small power transformers and electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with a rated primary voltage (for electric-discharge lamp ballasts other than transformer types, the rated voltage) of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency (for double frequencies, one of the rated frequencies; the same shall applies hereinafter) of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):
1. The following single-phase small power transformers (limited to those with a rated capacity of not more than 500 volt-amperes):
i. Transformers for household appliances (excluding those listed in 2, those listed in item (v), 1, i and v of Appended Table 2, and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
ii. Transformers for electronic appliances (limited to power supply transformers with a rated capacity of exceeding 10 volt-amperes, and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	7 years
2. The following electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with total rated power consumption for the applied discharge tube of not more than 500 watts):
i. Fluorescent lamp ballasts (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	7 years
ii. Mercury vapour lamp ballasts and other high-voltage electric-discharge lamp ballasts (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)	7 years
iii. Ozonizer ballasts	7 years
(vi) The following electric heating appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated power consumption of not more than 10 kilowatts, used in AC circuits):
1. Electric heated toilet seats	5 years
2. Electric hot cupboards	5 years
3. Electric water pipe freeze prevention heaters, glass dew-prevention heater, and other electric heating appliances for preventing freezing or condensation	7 years
4. Electric storage water heaters	5 years
5. Electric heating-type inhalators and other household electric heating therapeutic appliances (excluding those listed in item (vii), 57 of Appended Table 2)	5 years
6. Electric steam baths and electric heaters for steam baths	5 years
7. Electric sauna baths and electric heaters for sauna baths	5 years
8. Electric aquarium heaters	5 years
9. Electric heaters for ornamental plants	5 years
10. Electric heating-type toys	5 years
(vii) The following electric motor-operated appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):
1. Electric pumps (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1.5 kilowatts, and excluding those listed in (viii), 65 of Appended Table 2, and vacuum pumps, oil pumps, sand pumps and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)	5 years
2. Showcases for refrigeration or freezing (limited to those having a cooling device with a rated power consumption of not more than 300 watts)	5 years
3. Ice cream freezers (limited to those using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)	5 years
4. Electric food waste disposers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)	5 years
5. Electric massagers	5 years
6. Automatic washing and drying type toilets	5 years
7. Vending machines (limited to those having an electric heating device, a cooling device, an electric-discharge lamp, or a liquid storing device and excluding those for passenger ticket)	5 years
8. Electric bubble-generating machines (for those other than used in bathtubs, limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 100 watts)	3 years
9. Electric motor-operated type toys and other motor-operated amusement devices (excluding those listed in item (viii), 69 of Appended Table 2)	5 years
(viii) High-frequency depilators (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts, with a rated high-frequency output of not more than 50 watts, and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits)	3 years
(ix) The following AC electrical appliances other than those listed from item (ii) through the preceding item (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz):
1. Magnetic therapeutic appliances	3 years
2. Electric insect killers	5 years
3. Power supply units for electric bath	5 years
4. DC power supply units (including those with an AC power source device dual use, limited to those with a rated capacity of not more than 1 kilovolt-ampere, and excluding those for testing wireless communication equipment and those with other special structures)	5 years
(x) Portable generators with a rated voltage of not less than 30 volts and not more than 300 volts	5 years

Appended Table 2 (Re. Article 1)

(i) The following electric wires and electric floor heating wires:

1. The following insulated electric wires (limited to those with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of not more than 100 square millimetres):

i. Wires for fluorescent lamps

ii. Wires for neon tubes

2. Cables (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 600 volts, with a nominal cross-sectional area of the conductors of exceeding 22 square millimetres and not more than 100 square millimetres, and having not more than 7 cores, and a sheath of rubber (including synthetic rubber) or synthetic resin)

3. Electric floor heating wires

(ii) The following conduit tubes, their accessories, and cable wiring switch boxes (excluding those made of copper or brass and explosion-proof types):

1. Conduits (including flexible conduits, and limited to those whose internal diameter is not more than 120 millimetres)

2. Underfloor ducts (limited to those whose width is not more than 100 millimetres)

3. Wire gutters (limited to those whose width is not more than 50 millimetres)

4. Conduits accessories (limited to those connecting to the conduits listed in 1, the floor ducts listed in 2, or the wire gutters listed in 3, or to the ends thereof, and excluding reducers)

5. Cable wiring switch boxes

(iii) The following fuses (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated current of not less than 1 ampere and not more than 200 amperes (for electric motor fuses, the rated capacity of the applied electric motor is not more than 12 kilowatts), used in AC circuits):

1. Cartridge fuses

2. End contact fuses

(iv) The following wiring devices (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts, used in AC circuits, and excluding explosion-proof types and oil-filled types):

1. Remote control relays (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 30 amperes, and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

2. The following switching devices (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 100 amperes (for electric motor switches, those with a rated capacity for the applied electric motor of not more than 12 kilowatts), and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device):

i. Cutout switches

ii. Covered knife switches

iii. Panelboard unit switches

iv. Electromagnetic switches (limited to those in boxes and having overcurrent relay mechanisms, or to those with attached fuses)

3. Lighting busways and accessories thereof (limited to those connecting lighting busways or connecting to the ends thereof) and lighting busway connectors (limited to those with a rated current of not more than 50 amperes and a polarity of not more than 5, including those with blinking mechanisms other than time switch mechanisms)

(v) The following single-phase small power transformers, voltage regulators, and electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with a rated primary voltage (for electric-discharge lamp ballasts other than transformer types, the rated voltage) of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):

1. The following single-phase small power transformers (limited to those with a rated capacity of not more than 500 volt-amperes):

i. Transformers for bells (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

ii. Transformers for indicators (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

iii. Transformers for remote control relays (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

iv. Transformers for neon tubes (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

v. Transformers for combustion appliances (limited to those for ignition use, excluding pulse types)

2. Voltage regulators (limited to those with rated capacity of not more than 500 volt-amperes, excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

3. The following electric-discharge lamp ballasts (limited to those with total rated power consumption for the applied discharge tube of not more than 500 watts):

i. Ballasts for sodium vapor lamps (excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device, other than electrical lighting fixtures)

ii. Ballasts for germicidal lamps

(vi) The following small AC electric motors (limited to those with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, and excluding variable polarity type motors, explosion-proof motors, motors with special structures for use in spinning machines, metal rolling machines or medical machinery devices, and motors with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device other than electric sewing machines):

1. Single-phase electric motors (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts)

2. Squirrel cage three-phase induction motors (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 150 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated output of not more than 3 kilowatts, and excluding short-term rated motors)

(vii) The following electric heating appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated power consumption of not more than 10 kilowatts, used in AC circuits):

1. Electric foot warmers and electric slippers

2. Electric knee rugs

3. Electric floor cushions

4. Electric carpets

5. Electric underblankets, electric blankets, and electric comforters (futon)

6. Electric bed warmers (Anka)

7. Electric seat chair covers and electric heated chairs

8. Electric kotatsu

9. Electric room heaters

10. Japanese electric heaters (Hibachi) and other electric heating appliances for body heating purposes (excluding those listed in item (vi), 1 of Appended Table 1 and incubators having an electric heating device)

11. Electric toasters

12. Electric ovens

13. Electric fish roasters

14. Electric roasters

15. Electric ranges

16. Electric buffet ranges

17. Electric sausage roasters

18. Electric waffle irons

19. Electric "takoyaki" griddles

20. Electric cooking hot plates and electric frying pans

21. Electric rice cookers and electric jars

22. Electric cook pots

23. Electric fryers

24. Electric boiled egg makers

25. Electric warming boards

26. Electric warm serving trays

27. Electric milk warmers, electric kettles, electric coffee makers, and electric tea servers

28. Electric sake warmers

29. Electric bains maries

30. Electric steamers

31. Electric induction heating type cooking appliances and other electric heating appliances for cooking (excluding those listed in item (vi), 2 in Appended Table 1)

32. Electric hot water heaters for shaving

33. Electric hair curling irons and electric hair curlers

34. Electric hair steamers and other electric heating appliances for skin or hair care

35. Electric heated knives

36. Electric melters

37. Electric pottery kilns

38. Electric soldering irons, electric heaters for irons, and other electric heating tools for handwork or handicraft

39. Electric hot hand towel steamers

40. Electric sterilizers (limited to those having an electric heating device)

41. Electric humidifiers

42. Electric clothes steamers

43. Immersion water heaters

44. Electric instantaneous water heaters

45. Thermostatic developing trays

46. Electric heating boards, electric heating floor sheets, and electric heating floor mats

47. Electric dryers

48. Electric clothes pressers (limited to those used for pressing textile products)

49. Electric plant nurseries

50. Electric egg incubators

51. Electric brooders

52. Electric irons

53. Electric flatirons

54. Electric plastic welders (excluding high-frequency welders)

55. Electric incense burners

56. Electric insecticide vaporizers

57. Electric moxibustion appliances

(viii) The following electric motor-operated appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):

1. Belt conveyors (limited to portable types)

2. Electric refrigerators and electric freezers (limited to those having a cooling device with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

3. Electric ice makers (limited to those having a cooling device with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

4. Electric water coolers (limited to those having a cooling device with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

5. Electric air compressors (limited to those with rated power usage of not more than 500 watts, excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

6. Electric sewing machines

7. Electric pottery wheels

8. Electric pencil sharpeners

9. Electric stirring machines (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

10. Electric scissors

11. Electric insect traps

12. Electric grass shears and electric hedge trimmers

13. Electric lawn mowers

14. The following mechanical devices for agriculture:

i. Electric decorticators, electric rice hulling machines, electric straw dampers, and electric straw-rope making machines

ii. Electric egg selectors and electric egg washers

15. Electric garden cultivators

16. Electric kombu processors and electric dried squid processors (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

17. Electric juice squeezers, electric juice blenders, and electric food processors (limited to those using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

18. Electric noodle makers (limited to those using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

19. Electric rice cake (Mochi) makers (limited to those using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

20. Electric coffee mills (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

21. Electric can openers

22. Electric mincers, electric meat choppers, and electric bread slicers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)

23. Electric dried bonito planers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

24. Electric ice flakers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

25. Electric rice washers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)

26. Electric vegetable washers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)

27. Electric dishwashers (limited to those using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

28. Electric rice polishers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

29. Electric tea leaf roasters (limited to those using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

30. Electric wrapping machines and electric packaging machines (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

31. Electric table clocks and electric wall clocks

32. Automatic print fixing baths and automatic print washers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

33. The following mechanical devices for offices:

i. Electric mimeograph machines and office printing machines (limited to those used in printing articles with a length not more than 515 millimetres and a width not more than 364 millimetres) as well as addressing machines

ii. Time recorders and time stamps

iii. Electric typewriters

iv. Electric account selectors

v. Electric shredders and electric paper cutters

vi. Electric collators

vii. Electric staplers, electric paper punchers, and electric numbering machines

viii. Electric check writers, electric coin counters, and electric bill counters

ix. Electric label-tagging machines

34. Laminators

35. Electric laundry finishing machines and electric laundry folding machines

36. Electric hand towel rolling machines (limited to those using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

37. Vending machines (excluding those listed in item (vii), 7 of Appended Table 1 and those for passenger tickets) and money changers

38. Electric barber chairs

39. Electric toothbrushes and electric brushes

40. Electric hair dryers, electric shavers, electric hair clippers, electric nail polishers, and other electric motor-operated appliances for skin or hair care

41. Electric room fans and circulation fans (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 300 watts)

42. Ventilation fans (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 300 watts)

43. Blowers (limited to those with rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts, and excluding those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

44. Electric air conditioners (limited to those with a total rated power consumption for the electric motor of not more than 7 kilowatts, and for those having an electric heating device, limited to those with a rated power consumption for the electric heating device of not more than 5 kilowatts)

45. Electric cool air fans (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 300 watts)

46. Electric dehumidifiers (limited to those having a cooling device with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

47. Electric fan coil units and electric fan convectors (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 30 watts)

48. Electric hot-air heaters (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts using gas or oil as the heat source)

49. Electric fan-forced air heaters (limited to those having an electric heating device with a rated power consumption of not more than 5 kilowatts)

50. Electric humidifiers (limited to those using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

51. Electric air cleaners (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 500 watts)

52. Electric deodorizers

53. Electric fragrance diffusers

54. Electric vacuum cleaners, electric record cleaners, electric blackboard eraser cleaners, and other electric dust absorbers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt (in the case of electric vacuum cleaners, 1.5 kilowatts))

55. Electric floor polishers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)

56. Electric shoe polishers

57. Electric washing machines for sports or recreational goods (limited to those using an electric motor or an electromagnetic vibrator with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)

58. Electric washing machines (limited to those using an electric motor or an electromagnetic vibrator with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)

59. Electric spin extractors (limited to centrifugal types using an electric motor with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt, and used for extracting water from textile products)

60. Electric tumbler dryers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 10 kilowatts and excluding hair dryers)

61. Electric musical instruments

62. Electric music boxes

63. Electric bells, electric buzzers, electric chimes, and electric sirens (excluding explosion-proof types and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

64. Electric grinders, electric drills, electric planes, electric saws, electric screwdrivers, and other electric power tools (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)

65. Electric fountains

66. Electric mist sprayers (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 1 kilowatt)

67. Electric inhalators

68. Household electric motor-operated therapeutic apparatuses (excluding those noted in (vii), 5 of Appended Table 1)

69. Electric game machines

70. Electric warm-water circulating/cleaning devices for a bath (limited to those having an electric heating device with a rated power consumption of not more than 1.2 kilowatts)

(ix) The following luminaries and optical appliances and machines (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):

1. Photographic printers

2. Microfilm readers (limited to those with a screen of not more than 500 millimetres in length, and excluding those equipped with automatic search devices, or automatic continuous printing devices)

3. Slide projectors and overhead projectors (excluding those for use with television and those using a xenon-arc lamphouse as the light source)

4. Episcopes (limited to those with a rated power usage of not more than 2 kilowatts, and excluding those for use with television, and those using a xenon-arc lamphouse as the light source)

5. Viewers

6. Electronic flash apparatuses (limited to portable types with a rated accumulated power capacity of not more than 1.5 kilowatt-seconds, and excluding those for use in microscopes or medical equipment, or those having other special construction)

7. Photographic enlargers and photographic enlarger lamphouses (limited to those having openings for negative holders of not more than 125 millimetres in length and not more than 100 millimetres in width, and in the case of photographic enlargers, excluding those equipped with automatic exposure devices or automatic photographic paper feeders)

8. Incandescent lamps (limited to those for general illumination use, with outer receptacle diameters of not less than 26.03 millimetres and not more than 26.34 millimetres)

9. Fluorescent lamps (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not more than 40 watts)

10. LED lamps (limited to those having a single base and with a rated power consumption of not less than 1 watt)

11. Pedestal lighting fixtures, household pendant fluorescent lamp lighting fixtures, hand lamps, garden lighting fixtures, decorative lighting fixtures (limited to those using capless bulbs or having sockets with inner receptacle diameter of not more than 15.5 millimetres) and other incandescent lamp lighting fixtures and discharge lamp lighting fixtures (excluding explosion-proof types)

12. LED lighting fixtures (limited to those with a rated power consumption of not less than 1 watt, excluding explosion-proof types)

13. Advertisement lamps

14. Egg testers

15. Electric sterilizers (limited to those having a germicidal lamp)

16. Household therapeutic ray apparatuses

17. Rechargeable flashlights

18. Copying machines (limited to those whose light source has a rated output of not more than 1.2 kilowatts)

(x) The following electronic appliances (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and with a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz, used in AC circuits):

1. Electronic clocks

2. Electronic tabletop calculators and electronic cash registers

3. Electronic refrigerators

4. Interphones

5. Electronic musical instruments

6. Radio receivers, tape recorders, record players, juke boxes, and other audio equipment

7. Video tape recorders

8. Demagnetizers

9. Television receivers (excluding industrial-use television receivers)

10. Television receiver boosters

11. High frequency welders (limited to those with a rated high frequency output of not more than 2.5 kilowatts)

12. Microwave ovens

13. Ultrasonic rat exterminators

14. Ultrasonic humidifiers (limited to those with a rated high frequency output of not more than 50 watts)

15. Ultrasonic cleaners (limited to those with a rated high frequency output of not more than 50 watts)

16. Electronic amusement machines (limited to those used by connection to a television receiver, or those equipped with a cathode ray tube)

17. Household low frequency therapeutic apparatuses

18. Household ultrasonic therapeutic apparatuses and household ultrashort wave therapeutic apparatuses (limited to those with a rated high frequency output of not more than 50 watts)

(xi) The following AC electrical appliances other than those listed from items (iii) through the preceding item (limited to those with a rated voltage of not less than 100 volts and not more than 300 volts and a rated frequency of 50 hertz or 60 hertz):

1. Furniture with lamps, furniture with socket outlets, and other furniture with electrical appliances

2. Electric light dimmers (limited to those with a rated capacity of not more than 1 kilovolt-ampere)

3. Electric pencils

4. Leakage current detectors

5. Burglar alarms

6. Arc welding machines (limited to those having a rated secondary current of not more than 130 amperes if the rated voltage of exceeding 150 volts)

7. Radio interference suppression devices (limited to those which prevent the transmission of a high frequency current that causes noise in television receivers or radio receivers and consisting of capacitors or a combination of capacitors and coils as main components, and excluding those with a rated current of exceeding 5 amperes and those with special structures incorporated into the mechanical device)

8. Producers of medical materials

9. Household electric-potential therapeutic apparatuses

10. Electric refrigerators (limited to absorption types)

11. Electric fence energizers

(xii) Lithium ion batteries (limited to those with a volume energy density per unit cell of not less than 400 watt-hours per litre, and excluding those for automobiles, motorized bicycles, medical equipment, and industrial equipment)