G/TBT/N/PAK/167  
9 February 2021  
(21-1077) 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):  Lighters -
--Safety Specification PS: ISO 9994:2018; Miscellaneous domestic and commercial 
equipment (ICS 97.180)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Lighters ---
Safety Specification PS: ISO 9994:2018 ICS No. 97.180 (34 page( s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  International Standards are widely adopted at the regional or 
national level and applied by manufacturers, trade organizations, purchasers, consumers, 
testing laboratories, authorities and other interested partie s. Since these standards 
generally reflect the best experience of industry, researchers, 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 international Standard establishes requirements for lighters to ensure a 
reasonable degree of safety for normal use or reasonably foreseeable misuse of such 
lighters by users. The safety specification given in this International Standard applies to 
all flame -producing products commonly known as cigarette lighters, cigar lighters and 
pipe lighters. It does not apply to matches, nor does it apply to other flame -producing 
products intended solely for igniting materials other than cigarettes, cigars, and 
pipes.   Lighters, being flame -producing devices, can, as do all flame sources, present a 
potential hazard to users. The safety specification given in this International Standard G/TBT/N/PAK/167  
 
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  cannot eliminate all hazards, but is intended to reduce potential hazards to u sers; 
Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
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/  
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3Xrx3gwLmqdSecIZS -
1EPlFxmR74wCv/view?usp=sharing  
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DpJOB5SfUsd1OPl1eyBtxgMNSjpzV7nB/view?usp =shari
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