G/TBT/N/TPKM/426  
19 August 2020  
(20-5644) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, 
KINMEN AND MATSU   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886 -2) 2343 -1904 
Fax: (886 -2) 2392 -2402 
E-mail: ca.huangfu@bsmi.gov.tw  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be in dicated 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):  Textile 
products in scope are: 1. Babies' Garments and Clothing Accessories (HS:6111, 6209, 
6307, 9619), 2. Bedding (HS:6301, 6302, 6304, 9404), 3. Towels (HS:6302), 4. 
Underwear (HS:6212), 5. Swimwe ar (HS:6211), 6. Hosiery (HS:6115), and 7. Garments 
and Sweaters (HS:6101, 6102, 6103, 6104, 6105, 6106, 6107, 6108, 6109, 6110, 6112, 
6113, 6114, 6201, 6202, 6203, 6204, 6205, 6206, 6207, 6208, 6210, 6211). All HS/CCCN 
codes refer to attachment.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
amendments to the inspection requirements for textile goods (5 page(s), in English; 8 
page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  With a view to enhancing the performance of text ile goods, 
which are currently subject to mandatory inspection, to meeting the needs of consumers, 
the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) proposes to update the 
inspection standards CNS 15290 and CNS 15291 to their current versions (publi shed on 
14 November 2019 and 12 July 2019). However, textile goods' inspection scheme remains 
unchanged, which is monitoring inspection or random inspection by the sampling 
purchased from the market.  
CNS 15290: 2019, ''Safety of textiles (General requireme nts)'' has added the requirement 
for limitation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) lower than 1 μg/m2 of goods or coated 
material. This Standard also has revised nonylphenolethoxylates (NPEO) and nonylphenol 
(NP) in concentrations lower than 1,000 mg/kg ( 0.1%).  G/TBT/N/TPKM/426  
 
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  CNS 15291: 2019, ''Safety of children's clothing - Cords and drawstrings on children's 
clothing - Specifications'', which is a modified version of BS EN 14682: 2014, has expanded 
the age range from 12 to 14, and revised cords and drawstrings' specification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Commodity Inspection Act  
• CNS 15290:2019  
• CNS 15291:2019  
• Labelling Criteria for Apparel and Garments  
• Labelling Criteria for Textiles  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 December 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4 , Sec. 1, Jinan Rd., Zhongzheng Dist.  
Taipei City 100 , Taiwan  
Tel: +(886 2) 3343 -5140  
Fax: +(886 2) 2343 -1804  
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/202 0/TBT/TPKM/20_4980_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/TPKM/20_4980_00_x.pdf