Cabinet Order Partially Amending the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act Enforcement Order

AI summary

Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

The e-Gov law update list shows a Cabinet Order (Reiwa 8 Cabinet Order No. 279) partially amending the Enforcement Order of the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act (Showa 46 Cabinet Order No. 300). The listed promulgation date is 2026-09-15 and the listed effective date is 2026-09-16. The metadata does not describe the substance of the amendments.

Business Impact

Depending on what the amendments change, businesses that generate, collect, transport, or treat waste in Japan could be affected. The specific scope and obligations cannot be determined from the provided metadata.

Recommended Action

Review the official Japanese text of the amending Cabinet Order and the updated Enforcement Order on e-Gov to confirm what has changed and whether it is relevant to your operations.

Timeline of related official records

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1. 2026-07-24 — Draft published for public comment (e-Gov) 「廃棄物の処理及び清掃に関する法律施行令の一部を改正する政令案」に対する意見の募集（パブリック・コメント）について Dashboard page Original Japanese source
2. 2026-08-23 — Public comment deadline (2026-08-23 12:00 JST) Dashboard page Original Japanese source
3. 2026-09-15 — Promulgated (instrument recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 廃棄物の処理及び清掃に関する法律施行令の一部を改正する政令（令和八年政令第二百七十九号） (this update) Original Japanese source
4. 2026-09-16 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 廃棄物の処理及び清掃に関する法律施行令 (this update) Original Japanese source