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The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association

Acronym: JRAIA

General Information

Identification Code: 857375848714-69
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Entity Form: incorporated association (VZW)
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 1/23/2023
Last Update: 3/26/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: The Japan Refrigeration and Air conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) and its member companies represent the interests of producers and developers of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment. The products have in common that they rely on refrigerants to transfer heat and cold. They play an essential role in food preservation, retail, quality of life and work, and in enabling sometimes difficult industrial and digital processes under controlled circumstances. JRAIA and members have been present and active in Europe for several decades. We are committed to the Single Market, and to a fully sustainable future. That is why we have pro-actively and constructively contributed to phasing down use of refrigerants with a high global warming potential, and continue to do so. We are investing significant and increasing resources into low-GWP alternatives. JRAIA and its representative office in Brussels (JROAME) participate in and contribute to EU level policy discussions.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Customs
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: JRAIA was previously registered in the EU Transparency Register (50134607288-38) from 2011 to 2022 and contributed as a Type C member for X03338 Consultation Forum according to Art.23 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases. JRAIA aims to promote and improve production, distribution and utilization of refrigeration, air conditioners and heat pumps and their applied products, as well as auxiliary devices and components, automatic controls and accessories, and thereby contribute globally to the steady development of RACHP industry and improvement in people's quality of life. Europe takes leading role of environment regulations in the world, so air conditioners are also in the scope of such advanced environmental regulations. In order to get timely regulatory information of the EU and supply sufficient technical information of Japan, JROAME has been established in Brussels.
Communication Activities: The International Symposium on New Refrigerants and Environmental Technology to be held every two years since 1994.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Consultation Forum according to Art. 23 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases#X03338#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3338 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Kikai Shinko Bild. 201Shibakoen, 3-5-8
Post Code: 105-0011
City: Tokyo
Country: JAPAN
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EU Office

Address: Kikai Shinko Bild. 201Shibakoen, 3-5-8
Post Code: 105-0011
City: Tokyo
Country: JAPAN
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: Financial year 2022 (April 2022-March 2023) Total of estimated cost : 607,700,177 Yen This converted to 3,798,126 Euro (160 Yen/Euro) Outline of contents in JPY Direct expence of JRAIA EU specific expence : 20,489,315 Yen Estimated cost in member companies : 20,130,000 Yen General outline account data of JRAIA is available on the following webpage, but only in Japanese version. Cost for the EU activities is included in the data, bute it is not separately published. https://www.jraia.or.jp/outline/file/230605_houkoku.pdf

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 2
Members: 3
Members F T E: 1.75
Info Members: Two staffs of JRAIA are working mainly for European regulations. One staff is working partially. There are several committees or working groups in JRAIA dealing with European regulation. Steering Committee European AC regulatioin committee F-gas WG ErP ENER Lot 10 Revision WG ErP ENER Lot 1&2 Revisioin WG ErP ENER Lot 6 / ENER Lot 21 WG ErP ENER Lot 33 WG CEN/TC113 WG Steering Committee meets 2 times a year for 2 hours each, but other committees and WGs meet basically every 2-3 months for 4 hours each. Around 10 members are in a committee or WG. This gives 2 times x 2 hours x 10 members + 6 times x 10 members x 7 groups x 4 hours = 1720 man hour. Travelling for meetings and the home work time probably double this. So, additionally one person equivalent is working for this issue.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Key member companies in JRAIA's committees/working groups dealing with European regulations. - Daikin Industries, Ltd. - Fujitsu General Ltd. - Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc. - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd. - Panasonic Corporation - Toshiba Carrier Corporation
Organisation Members: EPEE : JRAIA is an associate member of EPEE. Major JRAIA member companies are also member of EPEE, but some of them do not have technical representation in Europe. So, JRAIA sometimes provides consolidated technical options of member companies of JRAIA for EPEE. JBCE : Most of major JRAIA member companies in Europe are member of JBCE. JBCE has air conditioning WG to discuss issues relate to the product. JRAIA representatives attend such meetings. ICARHMA : ICARHMA is a council of refrigeration, air conditioning and heating industry associations of countries in the world. The secretary is AHRI of the US. JRAIA is one of key members. Current members are AHRI(US), HRAI(Canada), EUROVENT and EPEE(Europe), ACAIRE(Colombia), ABRAVA(Brazil), RAMA(India), CRAA(China), KRAIA(South Korea), AREMA(Australia) and JRAIA. EUROVENT : Some of JRAIA member companies are also member of EUROVENT. As EUROVENT is the counter part of JRAIA in the EU, so mutual collaborating relationship is provided in some extent.