RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/IT/SPEC/Q1/18
12 June 1998
(98-2393)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade
in Information Technology ProductsOriginal:  English
REPLIES TO THE SURVEY
Communication from the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
The following communication, dated 29 May 1998, has been received from the Separate
Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.
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With reference to your letter of 19 February 1998 concerning the survey on certain
standards-related matters for information technology products, I have the pleasure of submitting
Chinese Taipei's response as attached.G/IT/SPEC/Q1/18
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1. Does your government have mandatory techni cal regulations to ensure the safety of
Information Technology equipment?  If so, plea se identify.  Are thes e requirements harmonized
with IEC 950?  If not, please explain the current practice.
In accordance with the Commodity Inspection Act and Telecommunications Act, the Ministry
of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Ministry of  Transportation and Communications (MOTC) have
designated a list of commodities subject to manda tory inspection to ensure their conformity with
technical standards prior to their importation and sale on the local market.  At present, only the
following products covered by the ITA are subject to mandatory standards which are not harmonized
with IEC950:
(a) Line telephone sets with cordless handsets (8517.11.00), which are subject to Chinese
National Standard (hereinafter: CNS) No. 13452.
(b) Other telephone sets (HS8517.19.90),  which are subject to CNS No. 11011.
(c) Facsimile machine (8517.21.00), which is subject to CNS No. 13233.
(d) Copying apparatus (HS9009), which is su bject to Provisional Regulation Regarding
Copying Apparatus.
Copies of CNS13452, 11011, 13233 and Provisional Regulation Regarding Copying
Apparatus are available at the Secretariat1 for consultation by participants.  In addition, MOEA is
drafting standards that will harmonize with IEC950.
2. Does your government have mandatory technical regulations to ensure electromagnetic
compatibility of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please identify.  Are these
requirements harmonized with CISPR 22?  If not, please explain the current practice. 
The electromagnetic compatibility of IT products is regulated by the Commodity Inspection
Act and Telecommunications Act.  The inspection is conducted in accordance with CNS13438, which
is harmonized with CISPR22.
3. What conformity assessment procedures, either in respect of the product or the
manufacturing process, does your government require for approval of information technology
products (including electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC), electrical safety, telecommunicationsand radio terminal equipment, and other areas)?
May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g; testing, declaration of conformity), or
must third parties perform these procedures?
What international guidelines or standards, if any, are those procedures based on?
I. The conformity assessment procedures for EMC tests are as follows: first, the importers and
local manufacturers must obtain test reports of their commodities from laboratories
designated by Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT) or Bureau of CommoditiesInspection and Quarantine (BCIQ).  DGT is responsible for line terminal equipment and radio
terminal equipment conformity assessment;  while other commodities are subject to approval
by the BICQ.  Second, the BCIQ or DGT, after reviewing the test reports by designated
laboratories, will issue EMC identification numbers for the commodities upon approval on
                                                     
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EMC type of products.  The commodities can then follow the normal procedure for customs
clearance and be placed on the market for sale.
II. For safety tests, importers and local manufacturers need to present products ex-factory or
imported for inspection by the BCIQ or DGT.  Laboratories designated by the BCIQ or DGT
will perform inspection by selecting samples.  After the passage of safety inspection by the
BCIQ or DGT, a certificate will be issued for sale.
III. As for telecommunications and radio terminal equipment, Chinese Taipei adopts conformity
assessment procedures based on ITU-T Recommendation, FCC PART 15, 95 and 97, and
CCIR R.493-4 attachment I, II.  In general, importers or manufacturers are required to apply
for inspection with the Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT) prior to market
distribution or private consumption.  If the commodities possess test reports from laboratories
designated by DGT, applicants need not send samples, though DGT reserves the right torequest for samples further inspection.
IV. The conformity assessment procedures required for IT products are mainly performed by the
BCIQ or DGT.  For the time being we do not accept the supplier's declaration of conformity
since it requires amendments to the Commodity Inspection Act and the establishment of an
effective market surveillance system; both changes are currently being evaluated.
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