Article 1This Ministerial Order is to provide technical standards to be prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act.

Article 2(1)Electrical appliances and materials are to be designed to mitigate the risk of causing personal injury or property damage under normal use.

(2)Electrical appliances and materials are to be properly designed in terms of shape, well assembled, and operated smoothly in order to ensure their safety.

Article 3(1)In furtherance of the principles set out in the preceding Article, electrical appliances and materials are to be designed to have safety functions to prevent the occurrence of hazardous conditions and minimize damage that may arise when the conditions occur.

(2)If it is found to be difficult to ensure the safety of electrical appliances and materials only by taking measures under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, information and instructions for use necessary to ensure the safety of electrical appliances and materials are to be displayed or described on them or in the instruction manuals, etc. provided with them.

Article 4Electrical appliances and materials are to be configured so as to maintain their safety functions during their normally expected in-service period.

Article 5Electrical appliances and materials are to be designed to mitigate the risk of causing physical injury or property damage in consideration of the expected users and places of use, and are to be labeled appropriately as may be necessary.

Article 6Electrical appliances and materials are to be made using components and materials with appropriate heat resistance, insulation properties and any other properties according to their normally expected environment of use.

Article 7Electrical appliances and materials are to incorporate the following measures to mitigate the risk of electric shocks in accordance with the conditions of the place of use and the electrical voltage:

Article 8Electrical appliances and materials are to be made to maintain the insulation performance in consideration of internal and external actions to which they are likely to be exposed under normal use, and in accordance with the conditions of the place of use.

Article 9Electrical appliances and materials are to incorporate measures to mitigate the risk of causing physical injury or property damage due to ignition, including adopting a configuration that prevents them from reaching ignition temperature, and using flame-resistant components and materials.

Article 10Electrical appliances and materials are to incorporate designs and other measures to prevent burns, such as by ensuring that they will not reach a temperature that is likely to cause physical injury or their heat-generating parts will not be easily exposed under normal use.

Article 11(1)Electrical appliances and materials are to incorporate appropriate designs and other measures to mitigate the risk of causing physical injury or property damage due to the overturning thereof resulting from their instability, human contact to the moving parts or sharp edges thereof or other reasons.

(2)Electrical appliances and materials are to incorporate designs to provide necessary strength and other measures to mitigate the risk of causing physical injury or property damage due to hazards caused by external mechanical actions that can normally take place.

Article 12Electrical appliances and materials are to be made to pose no risk of causing physical injury or property damage due to leaking or melting of chemical substances contained in them.

Article 13Electrical appliances and materials are to be made to not externally emit electromagnetic waves that are likely to cause physical injury.

Article 14Electrical appliances and materials are to be designed to mitigate the risk of causing physical injury or property damage even in their normally expected unattended operation, and are to be labeled appropriately as may be necessary.

Article 15(1)Electrical appliances and materials are to be made to pose no risk of causing physical injury or property damage due to a sudden start of operation.

(2)Electrical appliances and materials are to be made to pose no risk of causing physical injury or property damage due to a restart of operation following the suspension or stop of operation.

(3)Electrical appliances and materials are to be made to pose no risk of causing physical injury or property damage due to a sudden stop of operation.

Article 16Taking into account the power distribution systems to which they are connected and other electrical appliances and materials with which they are combined, electrical appliances and materials are to be made by setting the operating characteristics of the safety devices so that the safety devices will effectively operate in response to an abnormal electric current, and ensuring that the circuits will be able to withstand an abnormal electric current until the safety devices operate.

Article 17Electrical appliances and materials are to be configured to prevent any disturbance to their safety functions from being caused by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic interference.

Article 18Electrical appliances and materials are to be made to pose no risk of generating noise to a level that disturbs the functions of broadcast reception and telecommunications under normal use.

Article 19Electrical appliances and materials are to be labeled with necessary safety information and instructions for use (excluding those required under the Household Goods Quality Labeling Act (Act No. 104 of 1962)), in visible places thereon and in a not easily removable manner.

Article 20Labeling of products set forth in the following items is to be conducted as prescribed in the respective items beyond the provisions of the preceding Article: