Enforcement Regulations
for
the Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy
(Translated by ECCJ)
| Ministerial Ordinance No.74 of September 29, 1979 |
Partial Amendment, March 9, 1984
Partial Amendment, July 30, 1993
Partial Amendment, December 13, 1993
Partial Amendment, April 18, 1994
Partial Amendment, September 7, 1994
Partial Amendment, January 25, 1996 | |
Partial Amendment, March 6, 1996
Partial Amendment, February 26, 1997
Partial Amendment, April 9, 1997
Partial Amendment, March 30, 1998
Partial Amendment, January 25, 1999
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The terms used in this Ministerial Ordinance shall be treated in compliance with the definitions of the terms used in the Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy (hereinafter referred to as the "Law") and the Enforcement Ordinance for the Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy (hereinafter referred to as the "Enforcement Ordinance").
Petroleum products to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 2, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall be naphtha, kerosene, gas oil and petroleum gas (including liquefied petroleum gas; hereinafter to be so understood).
2. Coal products to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 2, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall be coke oven gas and blast furnace gas.
The methods for converting the consumption of fuels, etc. into the amount of crude oil, specified in Article 2, Paragraph 1, of the Enforcement Ordinance, shall be as prescribed below:
| (1) | In the case of fuels mentioned in the left column of Annexed Table 1, the quantities given in the same column shall be converted to those stated in the right column of the table; |
| (2) | In the case of fuels, etc. other than those fuels specified in the preceding item, the quantity equivalent to ten million kilojoules of heating value shall be counted as 0.258 kiloliter of crude oil. |
Notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall be made by submitting two copies of a notification made out on Form 1 no later than the end of April each year.
Particulars to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 6, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall, in the case of a type 1 designated heat management factory, be the consumption of fuels, etc. for the previous fiscal year (in case the consumption of fuels, etc. in the following fiscal year and thereafter apparently will not exceed the numerical value under Article 2, Paragraph 1, of the Enforcement Ordinance, notice to that effect and the consumption of fuels, etc. for the previous fiscal year).
2. Particulars to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 6, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall, in the case of a type 1 designated electricity management factory, be the consumption of electricity for the previous fiscal year (in case the consumption of electricity in the following fiscal year and thereafter apparently will not exceed the numerical value under Article 2, Paragraph 2, of the Enforcement Ordinance, notice to that effect and the consumption of electricity for the previous fiscal year).
Request specified under Article 6, Paragraph 3, of the Law shall be made by submitting two copies of a letter of request made out on Form 2.
Appointment of energy managers specified in Article 7, Paragraph 1, of the Law shall be made as prescribed below:
| (1) | Appointment shall be made within six (6) months of the day that reasons for the appointment of energy managers have arisen; and |
| (2) | Persons who have been appointed as energy managers or energy management officers at other type 1 designated energy management factories or type 2 designated energy management factories shall not be appointed. |
Notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall be made by submitting two copies of a notification made out on Form 3 no later than the end of May of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the day that energy managers have been appointed, died or dismissed from service belongs.
Notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, Paragraph 2, of the Law may be made by using an electronic information processing organization which connects an electronic computer (including input/output devices) in use at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry through a telecommunications line with the input/output devices in use by a person who intends to make notification.
2. Notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have arrived at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry when it has been recorded in a file provided in the electronic computer mentioned in the same paragraph.
3. Notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have been made by submitting documents specified in the provisions of the preceding article prescribing that such notification shall be made by submitting such documents.
A person who intends to make notification under Paragraph 1 of the preceding article shall input in Form 3-2 those particulars to be notified in accordance with the provisions of Article 7, Paragraph 2, of the Law.
Input under the preceding article shall be made in compliance with such a method as is specified in Annex 1 to the Japanese Industrial Standard (hereinafter referred to as the "JIS") X0208 pursuant to the Industrial Standardization Law (Law No. 184 of 1949).
2. Input under the preceding article shall be made by using those graphic characters specified in the JIS X0201 and X0208 and the "carriage return (CR)" and the "line feed (LF)" from among those control characters specified in the JIS X0211.
A person who intends to make notification in accordance with the provisions of Article 8-2, Paragraph 1, shall give notification to that effect to the Minister of International Trade and Industry by submitting in advance a document made out on Form 3-3 stating his name, notifier's identification code and other necessary particulars.
2. The Minister of International Trade and Industry shall, upon receipt of a document under the preceding paragraph, issue a notifier's code to the person who has submitted such document.
3. The person who has made notification under Paragraph 1 of this article shall, when there is change as to the particulars notified or when he intends to discontinue the use of the notifier's code, promptly serve a notice to that effect made out on Form 3-4 or 3-5 upon the Minister of International Trade and Industry.
Duties to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 9 of the Law shall be as prescribed below:
| (1) | In the case of a type 1 designated heat management factory, maintenance of equipment pertaining to rationalization of use of fuels, etc.; |
| (2) | In the case of a type 1 designated electricity management factory, maintenance of equipment pertaining to rationalization of electric energy uses; and |
| (3) | Preparation of reports under Article 10 and preparation of documents associated with reporting under Article 25, Paragraph 2, of the Law. |
Submission of a plan pursuant to the provisions of Article 10-2, Paragraph 1, of the Law shall be made by sending in two copies of a plan made out on Form 3-6 no later than the end of May each year.
Reporting pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of the Law shall, in the case of a type 1 designated heat management factory, be made by sending in two copies of a report made out on Form 4 no later than the end of May each year.
2. Reporting pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of the Law shall, in the case of a type 1 designated electricity management factory, be made by sending in two copies of a report made out on Form 5 no later than the end of May each year.
Particulars to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 11 of the Law shall, in the case of a type 1 designated heat management factory, be the following matters for the previous fiscal year:
| (1) | Consumption of fuels, etc. by types and total consumption thereof; |
| (2) | Installation, remodeling or removal of energy consuming equipment, and operation thereof; |
| (3) | Installation, remodeling or removal of equipment pertaining to rationalization of use of fuels, etc., and operation thereof; |
| (4) | Compliance with the standards of judgment specified under Article 4, Paragraph 1, of the Law Concerning Rationalization of Use of Fuels, Etc., and other measures taken for rationalization of use of fuels, etc.; |
| (5) | Production volume (including equivalent value; hereinafter to be so understood); and |
| (6) | Efficiency of use of fuels, etc. (in case the factory concerned is a type 1 designated electricity management factory, efficiency of use of fuels, etc. and energy consumption efficiency). |
2. Particulars to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 11 of the Law shall, in the case of a type 1 designated electricity management factory, be the following matters for the previous fiscal year:
| (1) | Consumption of electricity; |
| (2) | Installation, remodeling or removal of electricity consuming equipment, and operation thereof; |
| (3) | Installation, remodeling or removal of equipment pertaining to rationalization of electric energy uses, and operation thereof; |
| (4) | Compliance with the standards of judgment specified under Article 4, Paragraph 1, of the Law Concerning Rationalization of Electric Energy Uses, and other measures taken for rationalization of electric energy uses; |
| (5) | Production volume; and |
| (6) | Electric energy consumption efficiency. |
Notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 12-2, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall be made by submitting two copies of a notification made out on Form 5-2 no later than the end of April each year.
Particulars to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 12-2, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall, in the case of a type 2 designated heat management factory, be the consumption of fuels, etc. for the previous fiscal year (in case the consumption of fuels, etc. in the following fiscal year and thereafter apparently will not exceed the numerical value under Article 4-2, Paragraph 1, of the Enforcement Ordinance, notice to that effect, reasons therefor and the consumption of fuels, etc. for the previous fiscal year).
2. Particulars to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 12-2, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall, in the case of a type 2 designated electricity management factory, be the consumption of electricity for the previous fiscal year (in case the consumption of electricity in the following fiscal year and thereafter apparently will not exceed the numerical value under Article 4-2, Paragraph 2, of the Enforcement Ordinance, notice to that effect, reasons therefor and the consumption of electricity for the previous fiscal year).
Request specified under Article 12-2, Paragraph 3, of the Law shall be made by submitting two copies of a letter of request made out on Form 5-3.
Appointment of energy management officers pursuant to the provisions of Article 12-3, Paragraph 1, of the Law shall be made as prescribed below:
| (1) | Persons described in the right column of the table below shall be appointed as energy management officers according to the classification of type 2 designated energy management factories stated in the left column of the table.
| Type 2 designated heat management factory |
Persons who have completed the training course under Article 12-3, Paragraph 1, Item (1), of the Law, on knowledge and skills necessary for rationalization of use of fuels, etc., or who have heat manager's licenses. |
| Type 2 designated electricity management factory |
Persons who have completed the training course under Article 12-3, Paragraph 1, Item (1), of the Law, on knowledge and skills necessary for rationalization of electric energy uses, or who have electricity manager's licenses. |
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| (2) | Appointment shall be made within six (6) months of the day that reasons for the appointment of energy managers have arisen; and |
| (3) | Persons who have been appointed as energy managers or energy management officers at other type 1 designated energy management factories or type 2 designated energy management factories shall not be appointed. |
(Training Courses for Knowledge and Technical Improvement)
Article 11-6.
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A period to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 12-3, Paragraph 2, of the Law shall be three (3) years counting from the first day of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the day belongs that a person appointed as energy management officer has taken the training course specified in Paragraph 1, Item (1), of the same article (in case the person appointed as energy management officer has taken the training course specified in Paragraph 2 of the same article, the day that he has taken the latest of those training courses). However, if the person appointed as energy management officer falls under one of the categories described hereunder, the said period shall be one (1) year counting from the first day of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the day belongs that he was appointed as energy management officer:
| (1) | Person who has been appointed as energy management officer on and after the day when two years have passed counting from the first day of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the day of taking the training course specified in Article 12-3, Paragraph 1, Item (1), of the Law belongs; or |
| (2) | Person who has been appointed as energy management officer on and after the day when two years have passed counting from the first day of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the day belongs that he took the latest of those training courses specified in Article 12-3, Paragraph 2, of the Law. |
(Notification of Appointment, Etc. of Energy Management Officers)
Article 11-7.
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Notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 12-3, Paragraph 3, of the Law shall be made by submitting two copies of a notification made out on Form 5-4 no later than the end of May of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the day that energy management officers have been appointed, died or dismissed from service belongs.
(Duties of Energy Management Officers)
Article 11-8.
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Duties to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry under Article 9 of the Law, as also applicable in Article 12-3, Paragraph 4, of the Law, shall be as prescribed below:
| (1) | In the case of a type 2 designated heat management factory, maintenance of equipment pertaining to rationalization of use of fuels, etc.; |
| (2) | In the case of a type 2 designated electricity management factory, maintenance of equipment pertaining to rationalization of electric energy uses; and |
| (3) | Keeping of account books under Article 12-4 of the law and preparation of documents associated with reporting under Article 25, Paragraph 2, of the Law. |
In an account book specified in Article 12-4 of the Law the following particulars for the previous month shall be recorded by the end of each month in the case of a type 2 designated heat management factory:
| (1) | Amount of fuels, etc. purchased by types, amount of byproducts generated, amount of fuels, etc. sold and consumption of fuels, etc.; |
| (2) | Installation, remodeling or removal of energy consuming equipment, and operation thereof; |
| (3) | Consumption of fuels, etc., by types by each unit of energy consuming equipment; |
| (4) | Installation, remodeling or removal of equipment pertaining to rationalization of use of fuels, etc., and operation thereof; |
| (5) | Measures taken for rationalization of use of fuels, etc. |
2. In an account book specified in Article 12-4 of the Law the following particulars for the previous month shall be recorded by the end of each month in the case of a type 2 designated electricity management factory:
| (1) | Amount of electricity purchased, amount of electricity self-generated, amount of electricity sold and consumption of electricity; |
| (2) | Installation, remodeling or removal of electric energy consuming equipment, and operation thereof; |
| (3) | Installation, remodeling or removal of equipment pertaining to rationalization of electric energy uses and operation thereof; |
| (4) | Measures taken for rationalization of electric energy uses. |
(Exception of Specified Equipment)
Article 12.
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Air conditions to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 7, Item (2), of the Enforcement Ordinance shall be those mentioned below:
| (1) | Air conditioners of construction without an electric motor for compression; |
| (2) | Air conditioners of such construction as to use energy sources other than electricity as heat sources for heating purposes; |
| (3) | Air conditioners of such construction as to have temperature control or dusting capability for air-conditioning purposes to maintain the performance of machines and appliances or to keep food and drink in a hygienically good state of preservation; |
| (4) | Air conditions of such construction as to cool outside air wholly and send cold air into rooms; |
| (5) | Spot air conditioners; |
| (6) | Air conditioners designed for use in vehicles and other means of transportation; |
| (7) | Air conditions of such construction as to have ducts at air inlet and outlet of outside heat exchanger; and |
| (8) | Separate type air conditioners of such construction as to connect two or more indoor units to one outdoor unit. |
2. Lighting fixtures, which use only fluorescent lamps as their main light source, to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 7, Item (3), of the Enforcement Ordinance shall be those mentioned below:
| (1) | Heat-resisting type lighting fixtures; |
| (2) | Lighting fixtures of dustproof construction; |
| (3) | Corrosion-resistant type lighting fixtures; |
| (4) | Lighting fixtures designed for use in vehicles and other means of transportation; and |
| (5) | Lighting fixtures which use fluorescent lamps of less than 40 size (excluding pendant lighting apparatus for household use and fluorescent desk lamps). |
3. Copying machines to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 7, Item (5), of the Enforcement Ordinance shall be those mentioned below:
| (1) | Copying machines of such construction to make a duplicate copy of something on copying paper of A2 or larger in size; |
| (2) | Copying machines of such construction as to make 86 sheets or more of duplicate copies per minute; |
| (3) | Copying machines structurally integrated with printer in one-piece construction; and |
| (4) | Copying machines structurally integrated with facsimile machines in one-piece construction. |
4. Electronic computers to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 7, Item (6), of the Enforcement Ordinance shall be those whose composite theoretical performance (appropriate performance values stated in the right column of Annexed Table 2 for the appropriate electronic computer described in the left column of the table) is 3,000 mega-operations per second.
5. Videotape recorders to be specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry pursuant to Article 7, Item (9), of the Enforcement Ordinance shall be those mentioned below:
| (1) | Videotape recorders of such construction as to process voice and image electric signals digitally; |
| (2) | Videotape recorders of such construction as to process electric signals for images consisting of 1,125 scanning lines or more; |
| (3) | Videotape recorders of such construction as to process electric signals for images consisting of 400 horizontal resolution power lines or more and without satellite broadcasting receiving capability; |
| (4) | Videotape recorders of such construction as to have two or more videotape players; and |
| (5) | Videotape recorders of such construction as to have playback feature only. |
(Energy Consumption Efficiency)
Article 13.
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Energy consumption efficiency of specified equipment specified in Article 20, Item (1), of the Law shall be the appropriate numerical value stated in the right column of Annexed Table 2 for specified equipment mentioned in the left column of the table.
(Certificate of Identification)
Article 14.
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A certificate under Article 25, Paragraph 6, of the Law shall be made out on Form 6.
(Following Procedure by Flexible Disks)
Article 15.
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Submission of documents mentioned in the left column of the table below may be made by sending in flexible disks stating the particulars to be declared therein on the appropriate forms mentioned in the right column of the table and by submitting flexible disk submission slips made out on Form 7.
| Notification (Article 4) |
Form 8 |
| Letter of request (Article 6) |
Form 9 |
(Construction of Flexible Disks)
Article 16.
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Flexible disks under the preceding article shall be those which fall under either one of the following categories:
| (1) | 90-millimeter flexible disk cartridge conforming to the JIS X6221; or |
| (2) | 90-millimeter flexible disk cartridge conforming to the JIS X6223. |
(Flexible Disk Recording Methods)
Article 17.
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Recording of the particulars in a flexible disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 shall be made by any of the method described below:
| (1) | For a track format, the method specified in the JIS X6222 when the particulars are recorded in the flexible disk under Item (1) of the preceding article, or the method specified in the JIS X6225 when particulars are recorded in the flexible disk under Item (2) of the same article; |
| (2) | For a volume and file configuration, the method specified in the JIS X0605; or |
| (3) | For character coded representation, the method specified in Annex 1 to the JIS X0208. |
2. Recording of the particulars in a flexible disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 shall be made by using those graphic characters specified in the JIS X0201 and X0208 and the "carriage return (CR)" and the "line feed (LF)" from among those control characters specified in the JIS X0211.
(Document to Be Pasted Up on Flexible Disk)
Article 18.
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In a flexible disk under Article 15, a document stating the following particulars shall be pasted on the labeling area specified in the JIS X6221 or X6223:
| (1) | Name of person to submit; and |
| (2) | Date of submission. |
| Crude oil 1
kiloliter |
1 kiloliter |
| Gasoline 1
kiloliter |
0.91
kiloliter |
| Naphtha 1
kiloliter |
0.86
kiloliter |
| Kerosene 1
kiloliter |
0.96
kiloliter |
| Gas oil 1
kiloliter |
0.99
kiloliter |
| Fuel oil |
|
| (a) Fuel oil
A 1 kiloliter |
1.01
kiloliter |
| (b) Fuel oil
B 1 kiloliter |
1.04
kiloliter |
| (c) Fuel oil
C 1 kiloliter |
1.06
kiloliter |
| Petroleum gas |
|
| (a) Liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) 1 ton |
1.30
kiloliter |
| (b)
Petroleum-based hydrocarbon gas 1 thousand cubic meters |
1.02
kiloliter |
| Inflammable
natural gas |
|
| (a) Liquefied
natural gas (natural gas liquefied with nitrogen,
moisture and other impurities separated) 1 ton |
1.41
kiloliter |
| (b) Coal mine
firedamp drainage gas 1 thousand cubic meters |
0.93
kiloliter |
| (c) Other
inflammable natural gas 1 thousand cubic meters |
1.06
kiloliter |
| Coal 1 ton |
|
| (a) Coking
(stock) coal 0.82 kiloliter |
|
| (b) Steaming
(thermal) coal 0.66 kiloliter |
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| (c)
Anthracite (Kilkenny coal) 0.70 kiloliter |
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| Coal coke 1
ton |
0.78
kiloliter |
| Coke oven gas
1 thousand cubic meters |
0.52
kiloliter |
| Blast furnace
gas Ten thousand cubic meters |
0.86
kiloliter |
| 1. Computers
with single computing element only |
Theoretical
performance of such computing element |
| 2. Computers
with two or more computing elements all of which operate
individually |
Largest of
the theoretical performance values of such computing
elements |
| 3. Computers
with two or more computing elements all of which operate
simultaneously and which share the same memory device
(excluding those falling under Paragraph 4) |
Sum total of
the largest of the theoretical performance values of such
computing elements plus all the numerical values obtained
by multiplying the theoretical performance of other
computing elements by 0.75 |
4. Computers
with two or more computing elements all of which operate
simultaneously, which share the same memory device and
which meet all of the requirements described hereunder:
A. Composite theoretical performance
calculated in 3 does not exceed 194 mega-operations per
second;
B. Theoretical performance of individual computing
elements or a group of computing elements does not exceed
30 mega-operations per second;
C. Individual computing elements or groups of computing
elements are connected with one single channel to the
memory device;
D. Computing elements or computing element groups which
are allowed to use one single channel simultaneously are
one in number.
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Sum total of
the largest of the theoretical performance values of such
computing elements plus the numerical values obtained by
multiplying the theoretical performance of each one of
other computing elements by 0.75, and divided by the
square root of the number of computing elements or
computing element groups sharing the same memory device
with one single channel |
| 5. Computers
with two or more computing elements all of which operate
simultaneously and which do not share the same memory
device |
Sum total of
the largest of the theoretical performance values of such
computing elements plus all the numerical values obtained
by multiplying the theoretical performance of other
computing elements by any of the appropriate coefficients
given hereunder:A. For the 2nd
through the 32nd computing elements when arranged in
descending order of theoretical performance of computing
elements:
(1) 0.75 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds of all the channels with which the
said computing elements are connected (expressed in terms
of megabytes per second; to be referred simply as the
"maximum data speed" in Paragraph 5) is 20
megabytes or more per second;
- Numerical value obtained by dividing
the sum total of the maximum data speeds by 20 and
multiplying the result by 0.75 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is less than 20 megabytes per second;
providing that the said coefficient shall be 0.75 in the
case of computing elements whose composite theoretical
performance exceeds 50 mega-operations per second and
which fall under the 2nd to the 12th;
B. For the 33rd through the 64th
computing elements when arranged in descending order of
theoretical performance:
- 0.6 when the sum total of the maximum
data speeds is 20 megabytes or more per second;
- Numerical value obtained by dividing
the sum total of the maximum data speeds by 20 and
multiplying the result by 0.6 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is less than 20 megabytes per second;
C. For the 65th through the 256th
computing elements when arranged in descending order of
theoretical performance:
- 0.45 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is 20 megabytes or more per second;
- Numerical value obtained by dividing
the sum total of the maximum data speeds by 20 and
multiplying the result by 0.45 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is less than 20 megabytes per second;
D. For the computing elements from the
256th upward when arranged in descending order of
theoretical performance:
- 0.3 when the sum total of the maximum
data speeds is 20 megabytes or more per second;
- Numerical value obtained by dividing
the sum total of the maximum data speeds by 20 and
multiplying the result by 0.3 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is less than 20 megabytes per second;
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| 6. Computers
both with two or more computing elements all of which
operate simultaneously and which share the same memory
device and with two or more computing elements or groups
of computing elements which do not share the same memory
device |
Numerical
values obtained through the following calculation
procedure:A. Obtain the
theoretical performance of two or more computing elements
all of which operate simultaneously and which share the
same memory device in accordance with Paragraph 3 or 4;
B. Sum total of the largest of the
theoretical performance values of such computing elements
which do not share the theoretical performance or memory
device obtained in the above A plus all the numerical
values obtained by multiplying the theoretical
performance of other computing elements by any of the
appropriate coefficients given hereunder:
(1) For the 2nd through the 32nd
computing elements when arranged in descending order of
theoretical performance of computing elements or
computing element groups:
1. 0.75 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds of all the channels with which the
said computing elements or computing element groups are
connected (expressed in terms of megabytes per second; to
be referred simply as the "maximum data speed"
in Paragraph 6) is 20 megabytes or more per second;
2. Numerical value obtained by dividing
the sum total of the maximum data speeds by 20 and
multiplying the result by 0.75 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is less than 20 megabytes per second;
providing that the said coefficient shall be 0.75 in the
case of computing elements or computing element groups
whose composite theoretical performance exceeds 50
mega-operations per second and which fall under the 2nd
to the 12th;
(2) For the 33rd through the 64th
computing elements when arranged in descending order of
theoretical performance of computing elements or
computing element groups:
1. 0.6 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is 20 megabytes or more per second;
2. Numerical value obtained by dividing
the sum total of the maximum data speeds by 20 and
multiplying the result by 0.6 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is less than 20 megabytes per second;
(3) For the 65th through the 256th
computing elements when arranged in descending order of
theoretical performance of computing elements or
computing element groups:
1. 0.45 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is 20 megabytes or more per second;
2. Numerical value obtained by dividing
the sum total of the maximum data speeds by 20 and
multiplying the result by 0.45 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is less than 20 megabytes per second;
(4) For the computing elements from the
256th upward when arranged in descending order of
theoretical performance of computing elements or
computing element groups:
1. 0.3 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is 20 megabytes or more per second;
2. Numerical value obtained by dividing
the sum total of the maximum data speeds by 20 and
multiplying the result by 0.3 when the sum total of the
maximum data speeds is less than 20 megabytes per second.
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| 7. Computers
with two or more computing elements (excluding those
falling under any of the categories under Paragraphs 2 to
6) |
Largest of
the theoretical performance values of computing elements
operating independently or a combination of computing
elements operating simultaneously. The theoretical
performance of a combination of computing elements
operating simultaneously shall be the numerical values
obtained under Paragraphs 3 through 6. |
Remarks
| 1. | Theoretical performance shall be the largest of all the numerical values obtained by multiplying the effective computing speed calculated for the length of each operand by the correction coefficient (value obtained by dividing such operand length by 96 and adding one-third). However, the effective computing speed shall apply to computing elements which are able to perform logical operations other than one single logical operation. |
| 2. | Effective computing speed shall be as prescribed below. However, in the case of computing elements capable of performing the same arithmetic operation twice or more in one single cycle, the execution time (shortest of the time required for each operation as expressed in terms of seconds; to be so understood) shall be the numerical value obtained by dividing one single cycle time by the frequency of operations per cycle.
| A. | For the computing elements performing fixed-point arithmetic operations only, the following values apply:
| (1) | In the case of the elements capable of executing addition instruction, the inverse number of the numerical value obtained by multiplying the addition instruction execution time by 3; |
| (2) | In the case of the elements not capable of executing addition instruction, the inverse number of the multiplication instruction execution time; |
| (3) | In the case of the elements not capable of executing addition and multiplication instructions, the inverse number of the shortest of the arithmetic operation execution time. |
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| B. | For the computing elements performing floating-point arithmetic operations only, the following values apply:
| (1) | In the case of the elements capable of executing addition instruction but not capable of executing multiplication instruction, the inverse number of the addition instruction execution time; |
| (2) | In the case of the elements capable of executing multiplication instruction but not capable of executing addition instruction, the inverse number of the multiplication instruction execution time; |
| (3) | In the case of the elements capable of executing addition and multiplication instructions, the inverse number of the addition instruction execution time or the inverse number of the multiplication instruction execution time, whichever is larger; |
| (4) | In the case of the elements not capable of executing both addition and multiplication instructions but capable of executing division instruction, the inverse number of the division instruction execution time; |
| (5) | In the case of the elements not capable of executing addition, multiplication and division instructions but capable of executing inverse number arithmetic operation instruction, the inverse number of the inverse number arithmetic operation instruction execution time; |
| (6) | In the case of the elements not capable of executing addition, multiplication, division and reverse number arithmetic operation instructions, zero. |
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| C. | For the computing elements performing fixed-point and floating-point arithmetic operations, the numerical values calculated by the method specified in (A) shall apply to the portion relating to fixed-point arithmetic and those calculated by the method specified in (B) shall apply to the portion relating to floating-point arithmetic. |
| D. | For the computing elements not capable of performing arithmetic operation but capable of performing logical operation as one single logical operation, the following values apply:
| (1) | In the case of the elements capable of performing exclusive-OR operation, the inverse number of the numerical value obtained by multiplying the exclusive-OR operation execution time by 3; |
| (2) | In the case of the elements not capable of performing exclusive-OR operation, the inverse number of the numerical value obtained by multiplying the shortest of the logical operation execution time by 3. |
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| E. | For the computing elements capable of performing logical operations other than one single logical operation, the applicable value shall be the numerical value obtained by multiplying the maximum frequency of operations executable in one second by the number of bits for performing such logical operations and by dividing the result by 64. |
| 1. Air conditioners (excluding those air conditioners under Paragraph 3(13) of Annexed Table 1 to the Enforcement Ordinance for the Household Goods Quality Labeling Law)
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1. For cooling energy consumption efficiency, the numerical value obtained by dividing the numerical value expressed in watts of cooling capacity measured by the method specified in cooling capacity tests of the JIS B8616 or C9612 by the numerical value expressed in watts of cooling power consumption measured by the method specified in cooling power consumption tests of the JIS B8616 or C9612.2. For heating energy consumption efficiency, the numerical value obtained by dividing the numerical value expressed in watts of heating capacity measured by the method specified in heat pump standard heating capacity tests of the JIS B8616 or in standard heating capacity tests of the JIS C9612 by the numerical value expressed in watts of heating power consumption measured by the method specified in heat pump standard heating capacity tests of the JIS B8616 or in standard heating capacity tests of the JIS C9612.
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| 2. Lighting fixtures which use only fluorescent lamps as their main light source (excluding fluorescent desk lamps under Paragraph 3(25) of Annexed Table 1 to the Enforcement Ordinance for the Household Goods Quality Labeling Law) |
The numerical value obtained by dividing the numerical value expressed in lumen of total luminous flux measured by such a method as is specified by the Minister of International Trade and Industry in accordance with the method specified in the JIS C7601 by the numerical value expressed in watts of power consumption measured by the method specified in input tests of the JIS C8105. |
| 3. Copying machines |
The numerical value expressed in watt-hours of hourly power consumption measured by the method specified by the Minister of International Trade and Industry. |
| 4. Electronic computers |
The numerical value expressed in watts of power consumption measured by the method specified by the Minister of International Trade and Industry. |
| 5. Magnetic disk memory devices |
The numerical value obtained by dividing the numerical value expressed in watts of power consumption measured by the method specified by the Minister of International Trade and Industry by the numerical value expressed megabytes of storage capacity. |
| 6. Videotape recorders |
The numerical value expressed in watts of power consumption measured by the method specified by the Minister of International Trade and Industry. |
Supplementary Provisions
| 1. | This Ministerial Ordinance shall come into force on the enforcement date (October 1, 1979). |
| 2. | The Enforcement Ordinance for the Heat Management Law (Ministry of International Trade and Industry Ordinance No. 60 of 1951) shall be abrogated. |
| 3. | For the purposes of applying the provisions of Article 5, Item (1), to those factories which may have been designated, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6, Paragraph 1, of the Law, as the factories where the rationalization of electric energy uses should be particularly needed during a period from the enforce date of the Law until August 31, 1980, "within six (6) months of the day that reasons for the appointment of energy managers have arisen" under the said item shall read "no later than February 28, 1981." |
Supplementary Provisions
This Ministerial Ordinance shall come into force on the date of promulgation and apply as from February 21, 1984. In this case, "Article 4, Item (2)" in the revised provisions of Article 9, Paragraph 2, shall read "Article 5, Item (2)" for the period from February 21, 1984 through March 8 the same year."
Supplementary Provisions
This Ministerial Ordinance shall come into force on the enforcement date of the Part of the Law Concerning the Improvement of Related Laws for the Advancement of the Energy Supply and Demand Structure (August 1, 1993).
Supplementary Provisions
This Ministerial Ordinance shall come into force on the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions
This Ministerial Ordinance shall come into force on February 26, 1997. However, with regard to reports to be submitted no later than the end of May 1997, "reasons for failure, if any, to improve the energy consumption rate by 1% or more on the yearly average" in Form 4 Schedules 5 and 7 and Form 5 Schedule 5 shall read "reasons for a decrease in the energy consumption rate over the year, if any."
Supplementary Provisions
This Ministerial Ordinance shall come into force on April 1, 1999.
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