WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SGP/2
7 January 2003
(03-0030)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SINGAPORE
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   STANDARDS, PRODUCTIVITY AND INNOVATION BOARD
(SPRING SINGAPORE)
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 [     ], 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):   Please see Annex A
attached.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   1 page
6. Description of content:   As of 1st April 2003, six remaining Prescribed Articles previously
under Part IV of the Public Utilities (Electricity) Regulations (Cap 261, Rg 2) will be
transferred to SPRING Singapore as controlled goods.  These are accessories for electrical
fittings used in electrical installation.  This makes a total of forty-five (45) categories ofcontrolled goods under the Consumer Prot ection (Safety Requirements) Registration
Scheme or CPS Scheme.
Registration of these new Controlled Goods will be based on Certificates of Conformity
(COCs) issued by CABs designated by SPR ING Singapore or MRA partners. They are
required to be marked with the SAFETY Mark before placing them in Singapore market.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The intent of this change is to rationalise the current regulatory regime for electrical and
electronic products.  With the transfer of the six Prescribed Articles to SPRING Singapore
as Controlled Goods under the CPS Scheme, SPRING Singapore remains the sole regulator
of all electrical and electronic products in Singapore.
8. Relevant documents:
(a) Publication in which proposal will be gazetted:
Consumer Protection (Safety Requireme nts) (Amendment) Regulations 2002;
(b) Reference document:
Singapore Consumer Protection (Safet y Requirements) Registration Scheme
Information Booklet 2002 Edition.G/TBT/N/SGP/2
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 December 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2003
10. Final date for comments:   15 March 2003
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:
Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board
(SPRING Singapore)
Consumer Product Safety Department
2 Bukit Merah CentralPodium Block 5
th Storey
Singapore 159835
Tel: (+65) 6279 1839 / (+65) 6279 1841
Fax: (+65) 6278 9885Email: enquiry@safety.org.sg
Website: http://www.safety.org.sgG/TBT/N/SGP/2
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ANNEX A
No HS Code Commodity
1. 8535 21 10
8535 21 21
8535 21 908535 29 108535 29 90
8536 20 10
8536 20 208536 20 90 Residual Current Circuit Breaker (RCCB), namely a device intended to protect
persons against indirect contact, the exposed conductive parts of the installation being
connected to an appropriate earth electrode.
2. 8536 69 30
8536 69 9013A Socket-Outlet, namely a 13A shuttered socket-outlet in single or multiple
arrangements with associated controlling switches, for flush mounting in suitable box
or for surface or panel mounting. The socket-outlet is suitable for the connection ofportable appliances, sound-version equipment, luminaries, etc in a.c. circuits onlyoperating at voltage not exceeding 250 V r.m.s at 50 Hz.
3. 8536 69 30
8536 69 9015A socket-outlet, namely a 15A shuttered socket-outlet which contains switch
connected between the current carrying contact of the socket-outlet and the relevant
supply terminal for flush mounting in suitable box or for surface or panel mounting.
The socket-outlet is suitable for the connection of electrical appliances in a.c. circuitsonly operating at voltage not exceeding 250 V r.m.s at 50 Hz.
4. 8535 30 11
8535 30 198535 30 208535 30 91
8535 30 99Domestic electric wall switch, namely a manually operated general purpose switch
for a.c. only with a rated voltage not exceeding 440V and a rated current not
exceeding 63A, intended for household and similar fixed-electrical installations,either indoors or outdoors.
5. 8504 10 00 Ballast for tubular fluorescent lamp, namely a unit inserted between the supply and
one or more fluorescent lamps which, by means of inductance, capacitance, or acombination of inductance and capacitance or electronic circuitry, serves mainly tolimit the current of the lamp(s) to the required value.
6. 8504 21 10
8504 21 91
8504 21 998504 31 10 to8504  31  908504 32  10  to8504 32  99
8504 33 10 to
8504 33 908504 34 11 to8504 34 20Isolating transformer for downlight fitting, namely a transformer with input and
output windings of which are electrically separated to limit hazards due to accidental
simultaneous contact with earth and live parts or metal parts which may become livein the event of an insulation fault.