G/TBT/N/PAK/163  
9 February 2021  
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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):  Heat-
treatable steels, alloy steels and free -cutting steels -- Part 4: Free -cutting steels. PS: ISO 
683-4:2018; Heat -treatable steels (ICS 77.140.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Heat-treatable 
steels, alloy steels and free -cutting steels -- Part 4: Free -cutting steels. PS: ISO 683 -
4:2018 ICS No. 77.140.10 (28 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  International Standards are widely adopted at the regional or 
national level and applied by manufacturers, tra de organizations, purchasers, consumers, 
testing laboratories, authorities and other interested parties. Since these standards 
generally reflect the best experience of industry, researchers, consumers and regulators 
worldwide, and cover common needs in a v ariety 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 of ISO 683 gives the technical delivery requirements for semi -
finished products (e.g. blooms, billets, slabs), bars and wire rod, manufactured from the 
free-cuttin g steels listed in Table 2  and supplied in one of the treatment conditions given 
for the different types of products in Table 1, rows 2 to 4.    
This part of ISO 683 covers three groups of free -cutting steels for mechanical purposes 
as listed in  Table 2 , namely  
• not intended for heat treatment,  G/TBT/N/PAK/163  
 
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  • suitable for case -hardening, and  
• suitable for quenching and tempering  
Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
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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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