G/TBT/N/PAK/166  
9 February 2021  
(21-1074) 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:  PAKISTAN   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority  
WTO TBT National Enquiry Point  
PSQCA Complex, Gulistan -e-Johar  
Karachi, Pakistan  
Tel.: (+92) 21 99261878  
E-mail: tbt@psqca.com.pk   
Website: http://www.psqca.com.pk/  
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 indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Safety of 
amusement rides and amusement devices -Part- 3: Requirements for inspection during 
design, manufacture, operation,  and use. PS: ISO 17842 -3:2018; Playgrounds (ICS 
97.200.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety of 
amusement rides and amusement devices -Part- 3: Requirements for inspection during 
design, manufacture, operation and use. PS: ISO 17842 -3:2018 ICS No. 97.200.40 (14 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:    
International Standards are widel y adopted at the regional or national level and applied 
by manufacturers, trade organizations, purchasers, consumers, testing laboratories, 
authorities and other interested parties. Since these standards generally reflect the best 
experience of industry, r esearchers, consumers and regulators worldwide, and cover 
common needs in a variety of countries, they constitute one of the important bases for 
the removal of technical barriers to trade. This has been explicitly acknowledged in the 
Agreement on Technical  Barriers to Trade of the World Trade Organization (WTO TBT 
Agreement).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This part o f ISO 17842 defines requirements for the necessary inspections, 
in accordance with ISO/IEC 17020, of amusement devices designed, manufactured, 
operated and use d according to ISO 17842 -1 and ISO 17842 -2; Protection of human 
health or safety  G/TBT/N/PAK/166  
 
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  8. Relevant docu ments:   
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AylmLZnWAG20Yor0dM1ws72uFKTQp1yF/view?usp=sh
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
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:   
Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority  
WTO TBT National Enquiry Point  
PSQCA Complex, Gulistan -e-Johar  
Karachi, Pakistan  
Tel.: (+92) 21 99261878   
E-mail: tbt@psqca.com.pk   
Website: http://www.psqca.com.pk/  
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