G/TBT/N/TPKM/414  
30 April 2020  
(20-3343) 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:   
Department of Commerce  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No. 15, Fujhou Street, Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (+886 -2) 2321 -2200 ext. 8347  
Fax: (+886 -2) 2392 -2944 
E-mail:pclee@moea.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 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):  
Commodities governed by the Commodity Labeling Act that exclude food, pharmaceutical 
products, cosmetics, tobacco, alcohol, pesticides, grains, feeds and environmental agents.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Draft 
Amendment to Commodity Labeling Act (4 page(s), in English; 3 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  The last amendment to the Commodity Labeling Act was 
published on 26 January 2011. However, there has been rapid commercial development 
in the recent years, such as online shopping becoming one of the major shopping methods 
for consumers and electronic labeling gradually being prevalent. As per the current 
Commodity Labeling Act,  the only  measure for  dealing with the breach of labeling 
requirements is to issue notice for rectification that require the business operators to 
correct label before a time limit. If the rectification is not made before a time limit, penalty 
may be imposed. This measure is found hard to achieve effective management . In 
response to the modern commercial environment and in order to protect the consumers' 
right to know, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has conducted a full review to amend the 
Commodity Labeling Act.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
Commodity Labeling Act  G/TBT/N/TPKM/414  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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 
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