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Administrative Measures On Gas Of Benxi City

Original Language Title: 本溪市燃气管理办法

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Climate change management approach in the city

(Act No. 166 of 25 February 2013 by the Government of the People's Republic of Japan, which came into force on 1 April 2013)

Chapter I General

Article 1 establishes this approach in the light of the relevant laws and regulations, in order to enhance the management of gas in the city, to guarantee social public safety, to preserve the legitimate rights and interests of productive, operational and flammable users.

Article 2

Natural gas, hydro production and import, gas pipelines other than urban gates, fuel use as industrial production raw materials, biomass, residue production and use are not applicable.

Article 3 flamm management should be guided by the principles of safety I, unity planning, coordination of development, prevention of ownership, security of supply, service priorities and efficiency.

Article IV. The municipal planning authority is responsible for the management of fuel throughout the city, with the specific responsibility of the fuel management body.

Relevant sectors such as development reform, finance, prices, firefighting, land use, public safety, business, transport, housing, environmental protection, quality, telecommunications and meteorology should be managed in accordance with their respective responsibilities.

The streams, the management of the fuel industry in the veteran of the Integral Self-Government Zone are responsible for the management of gas within the Territory.

Article 5 encourages, supports research on fuel science and technology and promotes the use of new technologies, new processes and new products that are safe, efficient and environmentally sound.

Article 6. Emerging administrative authorities and flammable businesses should enhance the awareness and universality of the knowledge of fuel safety, increase public safety awareness and enhance the capacity to prevent and respond to fuel accidents.

Chapter II Planning and construction

Article 7. The development of the cause of fuel should be included in the long-term development planning of the national economy and the economy of the city.

The flammatory administrative authorities should prepare specific plans for the development of gas in the current administrative region, in accordance with the overall urban planning and the practical needs of urban construction and economic development throughout the city, with the approval of the Government of the current level of people reporting to the General Assembly Standing Committee on behalf of the General Assembly and the Supreme People's Government, to be carried out by the LTTE.

Article 8 provides for fixed investment projects for the construction of new municipal gas pipelines, gate stations, gas stations, storage tanks, in accordance with gas development planning, which should be validated.

Article 9. Urban construction should be accompanied by the construction of appropriate fuel facilities or prefabricated gas facilities, in accordance with city-specific planning and heating planning. The pre-relead fuel facility is built in parallel with the construction of the ground and no change in use is authorized without the statutory procedure.

Article 10 needs to be accompanied by the construction of pipeline gas facilities, when planning reviews are conducted by rural and urban planning authorities, advice should be sought from the municipal fuel management authorities and the implementation of the planning clearance process in accordance with the special planning requirements for gas.

The flamm engineering design programme should be in line with the specialization planning for gas and be jointly established by the flammatory administrative authorities in conjunction with the relevant sectors of quality, telecommunications, housing, meteorology and environmental protection.

Article 11. The design, construction must be consistent with the relevant national technical standards and norms and with the design of the corresponding qualifications certificate, construction units.

The design and construction of fuel works that are not validated or beyond the scope of the award.

Article 12 The flammatory administrative authorities should enhance oversight of the quality, safety and progress of the work of fuel works.

After the completion of the work of the fuel engineering construction unit, the relevant administrations should be organized by law and, within 15 days from the date of the successful completion of the work, the receipt will be presented to the flammatory administrative authorities. Unless experienced receipt or inspection of non-qualified fuel works shall not be delivered.

Plumbing facilities should be designed in conjunction with the main works, along with construction, and be completed.

No unit or individual shall be justified against the construction, maintenance and installation of public pipeline fuel projects.

Chapter III

Article 14. In carrying out fuel supply operations within this city's administration, it is necessary to obtain a licence for fuel operation issued by the flammatory administrative authorities to conduct fuel operations in accordance with the law.

The units and individuals that have not obtained the licence for fuel operation shall not engage in fuel operations.

Article 15. Enterprises engaged in fuel operations should have the following conditions:

(i) In line with the requirements for gas development planning;

(ii) There are fuel sources and fuel facilities consistent with national standards;

(iii) There are fixed operating locations, improved security management systems and sound business programmes;

(iv) The main head of the enterprise, the safe production manager and the operation, the maintenance and repair of the business, with professional training and qualifications;

(v) Other conditions under the law, regulations and regulations.

Individuals are prohibited from engaging in plumbing activities.

Article 16 provides for a five-year period of effectiveness and an annual test system.

The flammable business will require the continuation of the period of effectiveness of the flammable business licence, which shall be completed at the end of the period of effectiveness of the flammable operation licence. At 30 days, in accordance with the approval process, an application was made to the flammable administrative authorities to make a decision to grant continuity prior to the expiry of the effective expiry of the flammable business licence.

Article 17 The Government's investment-building pipeline gas facility should select a fuel operation through the solicitation of tenders; a pipeline gas facility constructed by social fund investment could operate on its own initiative or entrust a flammable business with a fuel licence.

Article 18

Sectors such as quality, business and fuel management should be strengthened by law, in accordance with the division of duties.

Article 19 Emerging businesses should be aware of social oversight, demonstrate business processes, fulfil service commitments, adhere to fees standards, and provide services in accordance with national fuel service standards.

Article 20 shall guarantee the normal supply of fuel and shall not be allowed to carry out the business or the chewing industry;

In cases such as gas engineering construction, facilities screening, the PACT should be informed of a flammable user or industry service enterprise and report to the flammatory administrative authorities on an interim basis, for example, in emergencies such as force majeure or gas plant rehabilitation.

Article 21

(i) To refuse to supply gas to units or individuals that meet the conditions of use within the pipeline;

(ii) By selling, mortgage, renting, transfer, painting and redirecting the Emission;

(iii) Failure to fulfil the necessary notification obligation to stop the supply, adaptation of the amount of gas, or unauthorized suspension or the hotel industry without approval;

(iv) Provision of fuel for operation to units or individuals that have not obtained a licence for fuel operation;

(v) Storage of gas in places that do not have security conditions;

(vi) In addition to the scope of the licence, a licensor is required to purchase its designated products or receive the reimbursable services it provides;

(vii) Authorization for non-self-ownership bottlenecks;

(viii) The sale of bottlenecks for unlicensed operators or bottlenecks that are not self-contained with property bottles;

(ix) The use of other corporate names or markings for fuel operations, services activities.

Article 2 establishes or adjusts the price of fuel sales and service charges, which are implemented by the municipal price authorities in accordance with the relevant provisions of national and provincial price authorities.

Emerging businesses should collect fees and tickets for fuel users in accordance with price authorities.

Article 23 should establish a system of reporting and complaints, open reporting and complaint calls, boxes or e-mail addresses, and receive reports and complaints related to fuel safety, quality, prices and services.

The flammatory administrative authorities should be processed within 15 days of the date of receipt of the report or the complaint.

Article 24, through roads, water routes, railway transport fuel, should be subject to the provisions of the law, regulations relating to the safety of the transport of dangerous goods and, in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, the acquisition of a licence for the transport of dangerous goods.

Article 25 Emerging businesses should enhance management of their personnel and vehicles engaged in bottlenecks.

The standard and provisions of the law, legislation and State-related bottlenecks should be adhered to by bottlenecks.

Chapter IV

Article 26 Emerging users should require the use of fuel in accordance with the technical norms of fuel safety, as well as carry out fuel safety inspections in conjunction with flammable businesses. The following shall not be the subject of any act by the agent:

(i) The use of national demonstrators for phase-out of fuel combustion equipment or fuel combustion devices that are not matched by local fuel sources;

(ii) Conversion of pipelines;

(iii) Enabling or closing the fertilization of pipelines;

(iv) The unauthorized installation, removal, re-engineering and relocation of intra-fuel facilities;

(v) Oriental changes in fuel use or transfers to others;

(vi) At the same time, other sources of gas were used in the kitchen (breed) that had been installed and used pipeline gas;

(vii) The temperature of fuel pipelines, the blocks, and the closure of closed spaces;

(viii) The length of the pipeline exceeds 2 metres or the use of fuel by the bracing of the wall;

(ix) Responsibilities from fuel pipelines or electric devices;

(x) The bottle, the collapse or the use of steel bottles;

(xi) Emission of maiming;

(xii) Condition and vakage of heavy steel;

(xiii) The accommodation, use of fuel steel bottles in violation of fire safety provisions by catering services such as restaurants, hotels, meals, etc.;

(xiv) Removal of the bottlenecks of steel, altering the marking or bottlenecks;

(xv) Other acts prohibited by law, regulations.

Article 27 flammable users should conduct daily inspections of indoor gas facilities and the use of gas equipment, discovering that indoor fuel facilities or the abnormality of gas equipment should be closed, open windows, and prohibiting the use of fires on the ground, the opening of gates, telephone calls, and the immediate renovation of flammable businesses.

Article 28 Emerging businesses should be in accordance with the law to enter into a gas-use contract with fuel users to clarify the rights and obligations of both parties.

Electronic users should pay their fuel fees in full and on time, in accordance with the agreement for the use of gas contracts, without arrears or refusal.

Emissions by flammable users should be recovered in accordance with a contract agreement; in the event of refusal to comply with the contract agreement, flammable businesses may suspend the gas in accordance with national procedures.

In the event of the loss of fuel costs by the flammable users, the irribusiness should resume its supply within 24 hours.

Article 29 provides that the installation of gas measurement devices by a flammable business enterprise shall be determined by a statutory inspection body and be sealed with a qualified mark.

The use of plumbing users is based on gas measurements. The failure of the fuel measurement table or other non-user responsibilities result in a failure to configure the table, and the irrigation of the irrigated business should be done in a timely manner and receive fuel fees on average for the previous three months.

Emerging users have an objection to the accuracy of measurements and may be treated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the national measurement law.

Article 33 Educers need more wards, outdoors, distributors, and should be able to handle changes in or distributors in fuel-related enterprises to clear fuel costs.

Article 31 provides for the installation of a robust licence regime for the maintenance of the enterprise. The following conditions should be provided for enterprises that are engaged in the installation of repairs by fuel combustion agents:

(i) The registered capital of the enterprise is not less than 30,000;

(ii) There are fixed operating sites that are equipped with refurbishing, maintenance service communications tools and specialized vehicles adapted to the scale of operation;

(iii) Work processes and service calls for public specialized installation, renovation, maintenance, hiding and 24 hours of work;

(iv) The installation, maintenance of equipment, tools and instruments of the required fuel combustion devices;

(v) More than four Professional posts (including primary) in engineering, economic, accounting, etc., which are not less than one in the relevant professionals and have a professional technical title of the Assistant Engineer (including the Assistant Engineer);

(vi) The installation, maintenance and operation of the Occupational Skills Certificate in the Fuel Industries;

(vii) There are operational standards established in accordance with relevant national or local laws, regulations, technical standards (regulations, protocols) and their relevant provisions;

(viii) Improved security management, quality management, the institutional archives management system and the establishment of a rigorous inspection system and quality-assurance system in accordance with the standards;

(ix) Improved customer service systems and service standards;

(x) A “Establishment, maintenance commission” with the manufacturer of fuel combustion devices.

In accordance with the preceding paragraph, a certificate of the maintenance of enterprise qualifications is installed by a nuclear fuel combustion agent of the flamm administration. The applicant may engage in the installation of the maintenance of the enterprise qualifications certificate by the fuel combustion agent, after the registration process is conducted by the business sector under the law.

The units and individuals who have not obtained a fuel combustion tool for the installation of the maintenance of the corporate qualifications certificate shall not engage in the installation of maintenance operations for fuel combustion devices.

Article 32, in the sale of fuel combustion devices in this city, shall be sold by a competent party in the form of a clear marking of the kind of fuel that is adapted to the flammable species, as well as by the body accredited by the quality administration.

The installation, maintenance of fuel combustion devices should be consistent with national standards. The production, sale unit should establish or entrust the establishment of a post-release service station with the installation, maintenance of a nuclear-qualified fuel combustion agent and the installation and maintenance of services after the sale.

Chapter V Protection of facilities

Article 33 The flammatory administrative authorities should delineate the scope of the protection of fuel facilities in accordance with national and provincial, municipal standards and make public the society.

Any unit and individual have the obligation to protect the safe operation of the fuel facility and prohibit the following acts within the context of the safety protection of the fuel facility:

(i) Construction of (construction) fuel facilities, such as gas pipelines;

(ii) Changes, coverage, movement, dismantling, damage to fuel facilities and their safety warning signs;

(iii) Establishment, air and other pipelines or facilities at air conditioning, bridged rivers and subsidiary facilities;

(iv) Absorption of the ground at fuel facilities, obstructing the repair, disrupting the order of repairs, and forced repairs through the fuel facility;

(v) Removal of goods, exhumation of pits, excavations, trajectorys, spoilers, drilling, dumping of irriated substances or using fires;

(vi) The placement of flammable hazardous items or plant breeding;

(vii) Other damage to fuel facilities or damage to the safety of fuel facilities.

Article 34 of the flammable business should establish protective devices and safety alert symbols, such as fire, detection, maintenance and maintenance, in accordance with national standards for engineering construction and security production management, to ensure the safe operation of fuel facilities.

The construction units and construction units should be developed in conjunction with a pipeline business to develop a gas facility protection programme and take appropriate safety protection measures to ensure the safe operation of the fuel facility within the construction work area, as well as the provision of field-based guidance to the fervent operators during construction.

Article XVI sludges operate in the area of municipal fuel facilities within the scope of their temperatures, parts of the building blocks exclusive (pre-vectors, connections, etc.) and assume responsibility for operation, maintenance, repair and updating.

The industrial owners have some of the fuel facilities owned by the owners themselves to assume their daily responsibility for management.

Article 37 Emerging businesses should conduct safety inspections, free of charge, of the installation, use of fuel facilities in the flammable user rooms and communicate the results to users in writing.

Emerging businesses have found that users are in breach of the safety requirement and should be discouraged, stopped, stopped, advised in writing and taken in a timely manner to avoid the risk. Emerging users should adopt security measures in a timely manner.

Article 338 Changes in municipal gas facilities by fuel operators should be authorized by the flammatory administrative authorities to carry out the operation of units or flammable businesses. Changes in temperature facilities should be consistent with the following requirements:

(i) A report on the application of a modified gas facility;

(ii) Changes in fuel facilities are in line with the specific development planning of gas;

(iii) Organization, design and implementation of security construction;

(iv) Measures that are safe and do not affect the safety of users;

(v) Other conditions under the law, regulations.

Chapter VI Security accident prevention and treatment

Article 39, the flammatory administrative authorities should establish pre-emptions to respond to a fuel safety accident, establish a statistical analysis system for a flamm accident and regularly inform the results of the accident.

The flammable business should develop the unit's emergency response for fuel safety accidents, with adequate emergency personnel and communications equipment, transport tools, repair equipment, test equipment and protective supplies, and organize regular exercises.

Article 40 Emerging businesses should set up a dedicated refrigeration force, set up a risk-recovery telephone and publicize society, and a 24-hour service should guide the user's right use of fuel, identify or receive a fuel failure alert, and immediate organizers to carry out the repairs on the ground.

Article 40 should establish a sound fuel safety assessment and a risk management system that detects the hidden impact of fuel safety accidents and should be taken in a timely manner to eliminate hidden shocks.

Relevant sectors such as planning, public safety, fire, safety, treasury, quality, housing, meteorology, should be inspected in accordance with their respective responsibilities to monitor the safety of fuel operations and use, identify the hidden effects of fuel safety accidents and should inform flammable operators, agents to take timely measures to eliminate the concealment; failure to address the risks that may pose a serious threat to public safety in a timely manner; and the flammatory administrative authorities and other relevant departments should take measures in accordance with the law to organize timely clearances and to cooperate with the relevant units and individuals.

Following the occurrence of a fuel safety accident, a flammable business company should immediately launch an emergency response to the company's fuel safety accident and organize a hijacking and repair. Relevant sectors such as planning, treasury, public safety, fire and quality should take immediate measures to prevent the expansion of accidents and trigger emergency preparedness of fuel safety accidents in accordance with the relevant circumstances.

After the accident of a security accident in the production of gas, an accidental owner shall immediately report the head of the unit. After receiving accident reports, the heads of units should take swift and effective measures to organize rescues, prevent accidents from expanding, reduce casualties and property losses, and report immediately, as provided for by the State, the sectors where they have a safety and productive management responsibility. After receipt of accident reports by sectors with the responsibility to monitor safe production, accidents should be reported immediately in accordance with the relevant national provisions.

Any unit and individuals have been obliged to communicate immediately to the flammable business or to report to the relevant sectors such as planning, public safety, firefighting, and to take urgent protection measures.

In the event of the revelation of the organization, the relevant units and individuals should cooperate without blocking or disrupting the operation on any grounds. In order to influence the operation, emergency measures may be taken and informed of the relevant sectors, which should be restored in a timely manner or compensated according to the provisions.

Article 42

(i) An accident arising from the difficulty of preventing force majeure is a natural accident, which is dealt with by the victim's unit and the flammable business unit;

(ii) A person-induced accident, in violation of the relevant provisions, should be held accountable by a direct liability unit or a person directly responsible, and be treated in accordance with the relevant authorities;

(iii) An accident involving the use of fuel for suicide, his killing or worrying damage, which is a very accident and is dealt with by law by the public security, the judiciary.

A fuel safety accident has been identified as a liability accident by investigation and should be identified for reasons, clear responsibilities and prosecuted by law.

Article 46, which causes casualty and property losses, organizes public safety, firefighting, planning, security, treasury, quality and trade unions, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, to investigate accident sites and to identify the causes and responsibilities of accidents.

In the absence of a general accident causing injury and injury, the district-level Government may commission an accident survey by the accident unit.

The Leader of the Panel was appointed by the Government responsible for the investigation of accidents. The team leader chaired the work of the accident survey team.

Chapter VII Legal responsibility

Article 47, in violation of this approach, does not obtain a licence for the operation of a fuel operation, which is responsible for the cessation of the offence by the flammatory administrative authorities, paying a fine of more than 500,000 dollars in the amount of US$ 50,000; confiscation of proceeds of the offence; and legal accountability.

In violation of this approach, flammable businesses do not engage in fuel operation activities in accordance with the Litigation Licence, which is subject to a fine of up to 20,000 dollars for flammatory administrative authorities; confiscation of proceeds of conflict with the law; serious circumstances, suspension of licences for fuel operations; and criminal liability for offences.

Article 48, in violation of this approach, provides that the design, construction units are more than 4 per cent of the contract price of the construction unit, which goes beyond the quality of the unit's qualifications, shall be responsible for the cessation of the offence by the licensor's administrative authorities, the imposition of a fine of more than 2 per cent of the contract costs of the design unit; the imposition of a fine of more than 4 per cent of the contract price of the construction unit may be responsible for the suspension of the operation and lower the level of the pay; the serious circumstances, the suspension of the certificate; and the confiscation of proceeds of the offence.

In the absence of a fuel engineering design, payment of wages certificate, a fine was imposed on the design, construction, and the proceeds of the offence were confiscated.

Article 49, in violation of this approach, provides that a fuel business enterprise consists of one of the following acts: a period of time being converted by a flammatory administrative authority; a fine of up to 10,000 yen; confiscation of proceeds of an offence; serious circumstances; a suspension of the licence for the operation of a fuel gas; a loss, liability under the law; and a criminal responsibility under the law:

(i) Inflation enterprises do not sustain, stabilize, secure supply in accordance with national quality standards or conduct regular safety inspections of fuel users;

(ii) To refuse to supply gas to units or individuals that meet the conditions of use within the pipeline;

(iii) By selling, mortgage, renting, transfer, painting and redirecting the Emission;

(iv) The obligation not to comply with the required notification to stop the supply of gas, to adjust the amount of gas, or to unauthorized suspension or to the industry without approval;

(v) Provision of fuel for operation to units or individuals that have not obtained the licence for the operation;

(vi) Storage of gas in places that do not have security conditions;

(vii) In addition to the scope of the licence, the licensor is required to purchase its designated products or receive the reimbursable services provided.

Article 50, in violation of the provisions of this approach, does not obtain a certificate of the installation of the pyrethroids for the installation and maintenance of business in fuel combustion devices, with a fine of up to 3,000 dollars for the flammatory administrative authorities.

Article 50, in violation of this approach, provides for the imposition of penalties in accordance with the State's inspection of the safety of gas bottlenecks without self-ownership.

In violation of this approach, the name of other enterprises or the mark of activities in fuel operations, services are subject to penalties under the law on anti-just competition.

Article 52, in violation of this approach, provides that a flammable user and associated unit and a person have one of the following acts, is subject to a change in the period of time of responsibility by a flammatory administrative authority; a fine of up to 100,000 units, which may be fined to a person by less than 1,000 dollars; a loss, liability under the law; and a crime, and criminal liability by law:

(i) Recurrently operate the fervent of public use;

(ii) The use of fuel pipelines as powerful or interfaces;

(iii) The installation, use of fuel combustion devices that do not meet the requirements of the source;

(iv) The unauthorized installation, alteration, removal of in-house gas facilities and fuel measurement devices;

(v) Use and storage of fuel in places that do not have security conditions;

(vi) Changes in fuel use or for fuel;

(vii) No post-release service station or no installation and maintenance of a nuclear-qualified fuel combustion agent;

(viii) The installation and maintenance of fuel combustion devices does not meet national standards.

Theft of fuel is punishable by law relating to the administration of justice, which constitutes an offence, and is criminalized by law.

Article 53, in violation of this approach, does not conduct regular inspections, testing, maintenance and maintenance, or take measures to address the hidden effects of fuel safety accidents in a timely manner, by establishing protective devices and safety alerts for corruption, desperate, fire, depression, isolation, etc., or by failing to take measures to eliminate the intimidation of fuel safety accidents in a timely manner, by means of a fine of more than 100,000 dollars for the fuel administrative authorities.

Article 54, in violation of this approach, provides that important fuel facilities such as underground gas pipelines within the construction of construction works, construction units and construction units are jointly developing fuel facilities protection programmes, or construction units, construction units, construction units, construction units that do not take the corresponding security measures, are being responsibly modified by the responsibility of the flammatory administrative authorities, paying more than 10,000 fines; causing losses, paying liability under the law; constituting criminal liability.

Article 55, in violation of this approach, commits to one of the following activities within the context of the protection of the fuel facility, which is responsible for the cessation of the violation by the flammatory administrative authorities, the duration of restitution or other remedies, the fine of up to 50,000 dollars for the unit and the fine of up to 5,000 million dollars for the individual; the liability for damages, the legal liability for the commission of the offence; and the legal liability:

(i) The conduct of activities such as spoilers, the extraction of land or the use of fire;

(ii) dumping, release of corrupted substances;

(iii) The placement of flammable items or the cultivation of deep-rooted plants;

(iv) The non-commercial development of fuel facilities protection programmes with flammable business enterprises, the adoption of corresponding security measures that may affect the safety of fuel facilities, such as pipelines, poaching, drilling and drilling.

In violation of this approach, construction of buildings, constructions or other facilities that make up the fuel line within the context of the protection of fuel facilities is punishable in accordance with the laws, administrative regulations governing rural and urban planning.

Article 56, in violation of this approach, imposes a fine of more than 10 million dollars for units, paying more than 50 million fines for individuals, causing loss, paying liability under the law, and acts of criminal responsibility.

In violation of this approach, the safety alert signs of destruction, coverage, alteration, unauthorized removal or movement of gas facilities have been converted by the flammatory administrative authorities and the recovery of the status quo could be fined by 5,000.

Article 57 violates this approach by imposing penalties under the relevant laws, regulations and regulations with respect to the jurisdiction of the prison, public safety, fire, transport, material and other relevant sectors.

Article 588, Staff of the flamm administration and other relevant administrations, who play a role in the negligence, abuse of authority, provocative fraud, constitutes criminal responsibility under the law, and are not criminally punished and administratively disposed of by law.

Chapter VIII

Article 59

(i) Inflation means gas fuels used as fuel and consistent with a certain requirement, including natural gas (concorporating coal), hydro and artificial gas.

(ii) Fuel facilities, which refer to the totality of manual gas production plants, fuel storage stations, door stations, gas stations, confercing stations, indators, supply stations, mediation stations, municipal gas pipelines, etc., including municipal fuel facilities, fuel facilities, fuel facilities in the area of construction, and indoor gas facilities.

(iii) Fuel combustion machines, which are fuel-driven combustion devices, including fuel cooks used by resident households and commercial users, heat-waters, buoys, heating, air conditioners, etc.

(iv) Inflation accidents refer to accidents, poisons, fires and casualty caused by fuel leakage.

Article sixtieth of this approach has been implemented effective 1 April 2013. The Modalities for the Embanecy (No. 113) issued by the Government of the People's Republic of Japan on 27 March 2004 were repealed.