Compendium on Energy Conservation Legislation
in Countries of the Asia and Pacific Region

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Part Four: Selected National and State Laws and Regulations for Promotion of
Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Countries of the Asia and Pacific Region

JAPAN

ARTICLES

Applicable Industries
Requirements of the Consumption of Heat, etc. and Electricity
Standards of Appointing Energy Manager
Councils for Listening to the Opinions on Orders to Designated Enterprises
Air-conditioning Equipment
Requirements of the Scale of Designated Buildings
Designated Machinery
Requirements of Production or Import of the Manufacturers of Designated Machinery
Councils for Listening to the Opinions on Orders to the Manufacturers of Designated Machinery
Report on Business Conditions
Reports and On-site Inspections
Requesting owner to submit a report on the design and construction of building
Requesting manufacturer or importer to submit a report on machinery manufactured or imported
The amount of the fee
Delegation of Authority
Supplementary Provisions
Government Ordinance No. 129 Amending the Enforcement Ordinance

Article 1 (Applicable Industries) The manufacturing industry or other industry determined by a government ordinance prescribed in Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Law concerning the Rational Use of Energy (hereinafter referred to as the Law) shall be the following industries:

1. Manufacturing industries (including the industries engaged in the processing and repairing of goods);

2. Mining industries;

3. Industries engaged in the supply of electricity;

4. Industries engaged in the supply of gas; and

5. Industries engaged in the supply of heat.

Article 2 (Requirements of the Consumption of Heat, etc. and Electricity) The requirements of the consumption of fuel and heat produced by such fuel (hereinafter referred to as Fuel, etc.) determined by a government ordinance prescribed in Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Law shall be that the consumption of Fuel, etc. converted into the amount of crude oil by the method determined by an ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (hereinafter referred to as Consumption of Fuel, etc. in Terms of Crude Oil) shall be 3,000 kilolitre per year or more.

2) The requirements of the consumption of electricity determined by a government ordinance prescribed in Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Law shall be that the consumption of electricity shall be 12 million kilowatt-hours a year or more. <return to top>

Article 3 (Standards of Appointing Energy Manager) The standards determined by a government ordinance prescribed in Article 7, Paragraph 1 of the Law shall be as follows:

1) A designated Heat Management Factory engaged in the manufacture of coke, or the supply of electricity, gas or heat, shall appoint, according to the classification based on the consumption of Fuel, etc. in Terms of Crude Oil shown in the upper column of the following table (See note below) in the previous year (which shall be the year beginning on April 1 and ending on March 31 the following year which comes immediately before the present year; hereinafter the same), energy manager(s) in the number shown in the lower column of such table from among those who have received a license of qualified person for heat management:

2) A Designated Heat Management Factory engaged in any other business than the one prescribed in the preceding Item shall appoint, according to the classification based on the Consumption of Fuel, etc. in Terms of Crude Oil shown in the upper column* of the following table in the previous year, energy manager(s) in the number shown in the lower column of such table from among those who have received a license of qualified person for heat management:

3) A designated Electricity Management Factory shall appoint, according to the classification based on the consumption of electricity shown in the upper column* of the following table in the previous year, energy manager(s) in the number shown in the lower column of such table from among those who have received a license of qualified person for electricity management. <return to top>

Article 4 (Councils for Listening to the Opinions on Orders to Designated Enterprises) The council determined by a government ordinance prescribed in Article 12, Paragraph 5 of the Law shall be as shown in the lower column* of the following table according to the minister shown in the upper column of such table:

* Note: In this book, the upper column of the original is placed on the left and lower column of the original on the right.

Article 5 (Air-conditioning Equipment) The air-conditioning equipment and such other building equipment as provided by a government ordinance (hereinafter referred to as Air-conditioning Equipment, etc. prescribed in Article 13, Item 2 of the Law shall be as follows:

1. Air-conditioning equipment and other mechanical equipment for ventilation;

2. Lighting equipment;

3. Hot water supplying equipment; and

4. Elevators. <return to top>

Article 6 (Requirements of the Scale of Designated Buildings) The requirements as provided by a government ordinance prescribed in Article 15-2, Paragraph 1 of the Law shall be that the total of the floor space (in the case of an extension or rebuilding, the floor space of such extension or rebuilding) shall be 2,000 square meters or more.

Article 7 (Designated Machinery) The machinery or equipment stipulated by a government ordinance prescribed in Article 18, Paragraph 1 of the Law shall be as follows:

1. Passenger cars (including only those passenger cars which use gasoline and have a seating capacity of ten persons or less and whose model has been designated by Article 75, Paragraph 1 of the Road Transport Vehicle Law (Law No. 185 of 1951) and excluding two-wheel vehicles (including those equipped with side wheels) and caterpillar-type vehicles);

2. Air-conditioners (including those for use in heating and excluding those with a cooling capacity of 27 kilowatts or more, water cooling-type models and those designated by an ordinance of the Ministry of Trade and Industry).

Article 8 (Requirements of Production or Import of the Manufacturers of Designated Machinery) The requirements determined by a government ordinance prescribed in Article 19 of the Law shall be that production or import (limited only to one for domestic shipment) shall be 2,000 units a year or more for the Designated Machinery prescribed in Item 1 of the preceding Article and shall be 500 units a year or more for the Designated Machinery prescribed in Item 2 of such Article.

Article 9 (Councils for Listening to the Opinions on Orders to the Manufacturers of Designated Machinery) The council determined by a government ordinance prescribed in Article 21, Paragraph 3 of the Law shall be the Advisory Committee for Energy for the Minister of International Trade and Industry and the Council for Transport Technology for the Minister of Transport. <return to top>

Article 10 (Report on Business Conditions) The Minister of International Trade and Industry may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 1 of the Law, have the person engaged in any one of the industries prescribed in Article 1 submit a report on his or her factory with regard to the following matters:

1. Production and production capacity of the industry;

2. Actual and estimated consumption of energy; and

3. Condition of the equipment consuming energy.

Article 11 (Reports and On-site Inspections) The competent minister may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 2 of the Law, have the Designated Enterprise submit a report on its Designated Energy Management Factory with regard to the following matters:

1. Consumption of energy and other conditions of energy use;

2. Condition of the equipment consuming energy; and

3. Condition of the equipment relating to the rational use of energy and other matters relating to the rational use of energy.

2) The competent minister may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 2 of the Law, have ministry staff visit the Designated Energy Management Factory to inspect equipment consuming energy and equipment relating to the rational use of energy and facilities relating to such equipment, fuel used, etc. and books and other relating documents.

Article 12 The Minister of Construction may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 4 of the Law, request the Designated Owner to submit a report on the Designated Building planned by such Designated Owner with regard to the matters relating to the design and construction of such Designated Building which are prescribed below:

1. Matters concerning the measures to prevent the loss of heat through the outer walls, windows, etc. of such Designated Building; and

2. Matters concerning the measures to ensure an efficient use of energy relating to air-conditioning equipment, etc. installed in such Designated Building.

3. The Minister of Construction may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 4 of the Law, have ministry staff visit the Designated Building or its construction site to inspect the outer walls, windows, etc. of such building, air-conditioning equipment installed in such building, construction materials used for such building and design documents and other related documents. <return to top>

Article 13 The Minister of International Trade and Industry (the Ministers of International Trade and Industry and Transport for automobiles; hereinafter the same in this Article) may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 5 of the Law, request the manufacturer or importer of Designated Machinery (hereinafter referred to as "Manufacturer, etc.") to submit a report on such Designated Machinery manufactured or imported as to the following matters:

1. Amount of production or import and amount of domestic shipment;

2. Matters relating to the efficiency of energy consumption and its improvement; and

3. Condition of labeling regarding the efficiency of energy consumption.

2) The Minister of International Trade and Industry may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 5, have ministry staff visit the office, factory or warehouse of the Manufacturer, etc. of Designated Machinery to inspect such Designated Machinery manufactured or imported, equipment for manufacturing such Designated Machinery, equipment for measuring the efficiency of energy consumption of such Designated Machinery and related books and documents.

Article 14 The amount of the fee to be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 25-2, Paragraph 1 of the Law shall be as follows:

Article 15 (Delegation of Authority) The authority of the Minister of International Trade and Industry in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 1 through 4 of Article 6, Paragraph 2 of Article 7, Article 11 and Paragraph 1 of Article 25 shall be delegated to the director-general of the Regional Bureau of International Trade and Industry with jurisdiction over the location of the factory and the authority of the Minister of Transport in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of the Law shall be delegated to the director-general of the District Transport Bureau (including the director of the District Maritime Administration Department) with jurisdiction over the location of the factory.

Supplementary Provisions

(Date of Enforcement)

1) This government ordinance shall come into force as from the date of enforcement of the Law (October 1, 1979). <return to top>

Government Ordinance No. 129 Amending the Enforcement Ordinance for the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy

This Government Ordinance has been determined in accordance with the Article 18, Item 1 and Article 19 of the Law concerning the Rational Use of Energy (Law No. 49 of 1979).

The Enforcement Ordinance for the Law concerning the Rational Use of Energy (Government Ordinance No. 267 of 1979) shall be amended as follows:

The following three items shall be added to Article 7:

3. Lighting appliances using only fluorescent lamps as main light sources (excluding explosion-proof types of such lighting appliances and other appliances designated by an ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry);

4. Television sets (limited only to those with a cathode ray tube and for use in an alternative current circuit and excluding those for industrial use);

5. Copying machines (limited only to those of the dry- and indirect static electricity-type and excluding color copying machines and others designated by an ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry). <return to top>

In Article 8, "annual" shall be added before "requirements," "shall be 2,000 units a year or more for the Designated Machinery prescribed in Item 1 of the preceding Article and shall be 500 units a year or more for the Designated Machinery prescribed in Item 2 of such Article" shall be replaced by "shall be the quantity shown in the lower column of the table below or more according to the type of the Designated Machinery shown in the upper column of such table," and the following table shall be added to such Article:

Supplementary Provisions

This Government Ordinance shall come into effect as from the date of its promulgation.

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