G/TBT/N/TPKM/383  
8 July 2019  
(19-4534) 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:   
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI)  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
4 Chinan Road, Section 1  
Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886 -2) 2343 -1779 
Fax: (886 -2) 3343 -3991  
E-mail: alan.wen@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 indica ted 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):  Steel bars 
for concrete reinforcement; Bars and rods, hot -rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron 
or non -alloy steel (HS 7213); Other bars and rods of iron or non -alloy steel, not further 
worked than forged, hot -rolled, hot -drawn or hot -extruded, but including those twisted 
after rolling (HS 7214); Other bars and rods of iron or non -alloy steel (HS 7215); Other 
bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow 
drill bars and rods, of alloy or non -alloy steel (HS 7228)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
amendment to legal inspection requirements for steel bars for concrete reinforcement 
(3 page(s), in English; 2 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  Steel bars for concrete reinforcement are subject to mandatory 
inspection under the certification system of the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and 
Inspection (BSMI). The BSMI is proposing to adopt the revised CNS 560 "Steel bars for 
concrete reinf orcement" (2018) as the new testing and inspection standard, to replace 
the current CNS 560 (2014). It is proposed that, beginning from 1  May 2020, steel bars 
for concrete reinforcement covered in the inspection scope must comply with the revised 
CNS 560 w hen imported or placed on the market. The conformity assessment procedure 
of the steel bars for concrete reinforcement is the Registration of Product Certification 
(PRC) Scheme.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/TPKM/383  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 560 (2018)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 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  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
4 Chinan Road, Section 1  
Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886 -2) 2343 -1813 
Fax: (886 -2) 2343 -1804 
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/TPKM/19_3803_00_e.pdf  
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