G/TBT/N/TPKM/411  
15 April 2020  
(20-2928) 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)  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.,  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886 -2) 2343 -4517 
Fax: (886 -2) 2392 -2402 
E-mail: ww.lan@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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Eye 
protector for welding, filter for welding face shield, welding face shield, and eye protector 
of ultraviolet filtering, infrared filtering, sunglare filter for industrial use, and ocular 
without filtering effect (hereinafter referred to as  eye protectors); - Other (HS 392690); 
- Moulded or pressed articles of paper pulp (HS 482370); - Other (HS 482390); - Safety 
headgear (HS 650610); Glass of heading 70.03, 70.04 or 70.05, bent, edge - Worked, 
engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked , but not framed or fitted with other 
materials (HS 7006); - Toughened (tempered) safety glass: (HS 70071); Spectacles, 
goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other (HS 9004)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
Amendments to the Inspection Requirements for Eye Protector for Welding, Filter for 
Welding Face Shield, Welding Face Shield, and Eye Protector of Ultraviolet Filtering, 
Infrared Filtering, Sunglare Filter for Industrial Use, and Ocular without F iltering Effect (3 
page(s), in English; 8 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  The proposal involves adoption of revised inspection standards 
for eye protectors, expending the current inspection scopes to cover face shield. The 
conformity asses sment procedure will be Registration of Product Certification (RPC) 
Scheme (Modules II+IV, II+V, or II+VII) or Batch -by-Batch Inspection Scheme.  
Eye protectors are subject to mandatory inspection under the Commodity Inspection Act. 
The current inspection standards CNS 7174:1998, CNS 7175:2005, CNS 7176:2002 and 
CNS 7177:2002 will be  replaced by CNS 7175:2020 and 7177:2015. The BSMI intends to 
adopt CNS 7175:2020 and CNS 7177:2015 standards as the inspection standards.  G/TBT/N/TPKM/411  
 
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  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 7175 and CNS 7177.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 December 2020  
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@bsm i.gov.tw  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/TPKM/20_2633_00_e.pdf  
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