SYNOPSIS The Concrete Committee in Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) organized the Subcommittee on Durability Design for Concrete Structures in 1988 to provide some recommendations for design in consideration of durability of concrete structures, that is, durability design. The "proposed recommendation on durability design for concrete structures" was drawn up in 1989 by the subcommittee on the basis of the results of research works and discussed consensus of committee members. Hajime OKAMURA, Chairman Yukikazu TSUJI, Secretary Hajime OKAMURA is professor of Civil Engineering at University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. He was a chairman of the subcommittee of JSCE on Durability Desegn for Concrete Structures. Yukikazu TSUJI is professor of Civil Engineering at Gunma University, Gunma, Japan. He is member and secretary of the Concrete Committee of Japan Society of Civil Engineers.