Attention to Business Operators: Procedures Required by the Four Product Safety Acts

Regulatory submission flow under the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act

To start an electrical appliance and material manufacturing or import* business, you must submit a notification of business to the government, confirm the conformity of your product to the technical requirements, and carry out a self-inspection. A conformity assessment must be carried out for the product (only for Specified Electrical Appliances and Materials) and the PSE label must be placed on the product before the product can be sold.
If you only sell the products and do not manufacture or import them, you must confirm the label.

In the flow chart above, colored boxes indicate legal obligations.

*Only individuals who live in Japan or companies registered in accordance with the Companies Act in Japan are eligible for import business. Business operators belonging to a foreign national (outside Japan) who do not have a sales office in Japan may submit a notification of import business to the government only if they have selected and registered a business representative in Japan in accordance with the Companies Act.
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See the Regulatory instructions for more details on document submission.

Inquiries

Find the subject of your inquiry below and send a message to the corresponding email address.

●About the Electrical Appliances and Material Safety Act

bzl-meti-psd@meti.go.jp

●About the Consumer Product Safety Act (excluding petroleum-powered equipment)

●About the Household Goods Quality Labeling Act

bzl-psc@meti.go.jp

●About the Gas Business Act (gas-powered equipment)

●About the Act on the Securing of Safety and the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (topics including liquefied petroleum gas appliances)

●About the Consumer Product Safety Act (petroleum-powered equipment)

bzl-psd-gas@meti.go.jp

●About product recalls

●About the Safety Inspection System for Products in Long-Term Use

●About product incidents

bzl-seihin-anzen@meti.go.jp

●About other product safety issues not listed above

bzl-meti-ps-website@meti.go.jp

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●Different email addresses are assigned to different inquiry subjects. Please check carefully and send your inquiry to the corresponding email address.