G/TBT/N/TPKM/486  
 
30 March 2022  
(22-2607) 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:   
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI)  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886 -2) 2343 -1964 
Fax: +(886 -2) 2392 -2402 
E-mail: cp.tsai@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 indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ],3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   
Fire-retardant Construction Materials  
- Fire-retardant hard fiberboards (HS:441192);  
- Fire-retardant in sulation fiberboards (HS:441194);  
- Dressed rockwool boards for acoustic use (HS:6806.90);  
- Cement bonded wool and flake boards, cement bonded wood and flake boards (HS: 
680800);  
- Gypsum boards (HS:6809.11);  
- Fiber cement boards, decorative exterior panel of fiber reinforced cement sidings, 
calcium silicate boards, slag gypsum boards (HS: 681182).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
Amendments to the Inspection Requireme nts for Fire -retardant Construction Materials; 
(8 page(s), in Chinese), (2 page(s), in English)  G/TBT/N/TPKM/486  
 
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  6. Description of content:  With a view to enhancing the performance of fire -retardant 
construction materials, which are currently subject to mandatory inspecti on, to protect 
consumers, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) is proposing to 
update the inspection standards for fiber cement boards, gypsum boards, cement bonded 
wood -wool and flake boards, hard fiberboards, Insulation fiberboards, f iber reinforced 
cement sidings, fiber reinforced cement boards, regenerated fiber cement boards and 
sound absorbing materials to their current versions, published in 2017.  
The BSMI also proposes to adopt the procedure of Type -Approved Batch Inspection (TAB I) 
in place of Monitoring Inspection to speed up customs clearance. The alternative 
procedure of Registration of Product Certification (Modules II+IV, II+V, or II+VII) is still 
available for business operators to choose depending on their needs.  
Magnesium oxide boards, perlite boards and rock wool sheathing boards are proposed to 
be deleted from the mandatory inspection scope.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 3802: 2017, CNS 9456: 
2017, CNS 9907: 2017, CNS 9911: 2017, CNS 11699: 2017, CNS 13777: 2017, CNS 
14890: 2017 and CNS 15967: 2017.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 November 2022  
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  
  
https://www.bsmi.gov.tw/wSite/public/Data/f1647569467758.pdf  
https://www.bsmi.gov.tw/wSite/public/Attachment/f1647314578775.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/20 22/TBT/TPKM/22_2423_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/TPKM/22_2423_00_e.pdf