. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/12 
8 April 2004 
 (04-1630) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:         
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection Ministry of Economic Affairs 4 Chinan Road, Section 1, Taipei, 100, Taiwan 
 
Telephone: (886-2) 2343-1906 Fax:  (886-2) 3343-3991 E-mail:  by.liou@bsmi.gov.tw 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HDTV, LCD TV, 
Plasma TV, VCD players, DVD players, Digital cameras and Digital Video cameras. (HS Chapter 85) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Public Notice under 
the Commodity Inspection Ac t (Nine pages in Chinese) 
6. Description of content:   The TPKM intends to regulate the electronic consumer products 
of HDTV, LCD TV, Plasma TV, VCD players, DVD players, Digital cameras and Digital Video cameras as commodities subject to insp ection. As of 1 January 2005, all such 
products must be inspected by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, and must 
conform to the safety and EMC inspection require ments (except that the digital cameras and 
digital video cameras are required to comply  with EMC requirements only) when imported 
or marketed. All the technical requirements for the aforementioned products are CNS standards that have been harmonized with rele vant IEC or CISPR standards.  This notice 
also provides the applicable conformity asse ssment procedures.  The digital cameras and 
digital video cameras will be subject to Decl aration of Conformity scheme, while others 
will be subject to a dual-track approach to  conformity assessment procedures, namely 
Registration of Product Certification or Type-approved Batch Inspection. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection G/TBT/N/TPKM/12 
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8. Relevant documents:   The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 13438, 13439, 14336, 14408 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 July 2004 
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   7 June 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  Ministry of Economic Affairs 4 Chinan Road, Section 1, Taipei, 100, Taiwan 
 
Telephone: (886-2) 3343-5115 Fax:  (886-2) 2343-1804 E-mail:  tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw