Household Goods Quality Labeling Act (家庭用品品質表示法)
- Citation
- Act No. 104 of 1962 (昭和三十七年法律第百四号)
- Jurisdiction
- JP
- Made by
- Consumer Affairs Agency / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Instrument
- Act
- Status
- In force
What it requires (4 obligations)
Textile products for ordinary consumer use are household goods under the Act where the Cabinet Order designates them, and the Prime Minister fixes by public notice, for each such good, the quality matters that must be labelled and the matters a manufacturer, seller or labeller must observe when labelling them.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- JP
Article 2(1)(i) reaches textile products a consumer finds it markedly difficult to judge the quality of at purchase, as designated by Cabinet Order. Article 3(1) separates the two kinds of requirement the notices carry: matters to be labelled, and matters to be observed in labelling them. The record carries the duty the article imposes. The designated goods, the labelling standards themselves and the exemptions live in the Cabinet Order, the enforcement regulation and the public notices made under the Act.
Drafted from 第二条第一項第一号 and 第三条第一項・第三項.
Where a manufacturer, seller or labeller does not display the labelled matters or does not observe the compliance matters fixed by public notice, the Prime Minister or the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may instruct that business to do so, and the Prime Minister may make public the fact that a business has not followed the instruction.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- JP
Where the business is a retailer rather than a wholesaler the power sits with the Prime Minister alone. The record carries the duty the article imposes. The designated goods, the labelling standards themselves and the exemptions live in the Cabinet Order, the enforcement regulation and the public notices made under the Act.
Drafted from 第四条第一項 and 第四条第三項.
Where the Prime Minister finds it particularly necessary, an order may be made requiring that labelling of a household good follow the compliance matters fixed for it, and breach of such an order carries a fine of up to 200,000 yen.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- JP
- Penalties
- A fine of up to 200,000 yen (二十万円以下の罰金) for breach of an order under Articles 5 to 7 or of Article 8(5).
The record carries the duty the article imposes. The designated goods, the labelling standards themselves and the exemptions live in the Cabinet Order, the enforcement regulation and the public notices made under the Act.
Drafted from 第五条 and 第二十五条.
The Prime Minister or the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may require reports from manufacturers, wholesalers and labellers and may have officials enter their factories, business sites, stores, offices or warehouses to inspect the goods and the books, and failing to report, reporting falsely, or refusing or obstructing the inspection carries a fine of up to 50,000 yen.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- JP
- Penalties
- A fine of up to 50,000 yen (五万円以下の罰金).
Article 19(4) states that the inspection power is not to be construed as granted for criminal investigation. The record carries the duty the article imposes. The designated goods, the labelling standards themselves and the exemptions live in the Cabinet Order, the enforcement regulation and the public notices made under the Act.
Drafted from 第十九条第一項・第二項 and 第二十六条第二号・第三号.
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