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 Amendment to  legal inspection requirements  for steel bars for concrete 
reinforcement  
 
By the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs  
 
Background:  
Steel bars for concrete reinforcement are subject to mandatory insp ection under the certification 
system of the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) . BSMI  intends to  adopt the 
revised CNS 560  “Steel bars for concrete reinforcement ” (2018 ) as new testing and inspection 
standard, to replace  the current CNS 560 (2014 ). 
 
Proposed  date of implementation:  
1 May 2020 
 
Products (HS/CCCN codes) covered and their applicable inspection standard s: 
Updated  Superseded  
Description  of 
Goods  Inspection 
Standards  Reference  C.C.C.  
Code (the  first 6  
digits are the 
same as HS  
Code)  Description of 
Goods  Inspection 
Standards  C.C.C.  Code (the  
first 6  digits are 
the same as HS  
Code)  
Steel bars for 
concrete 
reinforcemen t CNS 560 (2018 ) 7213.10.00.00.7  
7213.91.20.00.5  
7214.20.00.00.4  
7214.99.10.10.6  
7214.99.10.20.4  
7214.99.10.30.2  
7214.99.10.40.0  
7214.99.20.10.4  
7214.99.20.20.2  
7214.99.20.30.0  
7214.99.20.40.8  
7215.50.10.00.4  
7215.50.20.00.2  
7228.30.00.90.7  Steel 
deformed and 
plain bars for 
concrete 
reinforcement  CNS 560 (2014 ) 7213.10.00.00.7  
7213.91.20.00.5  
7214.20.00.00.4  
7214.99.10.10.6  
7214.99.10.20.4  
7214.99.10.30.2  
7214.99.10.40.0  
7214.99.20.10.4  
7214.99.20.20.2  
7214.99.20.30.0  
7214.99.20.40.8  
7215.50.10.00.4  
7215.50 .20.00.2  
7228.30.00.90.7  
Remarks:  
The inspection  standard CNS 560 can be accessible  at CNS online service  website : www.cnsonline.com.tw . 
The content of the standard can be previewed for free. To d ownload  or pri nt the abovementioned standard, 
please contact the Information Center at  the BSMI .  
Tel: +886 -2-23414772 or +886 -2-23431994  
Fax: +886 -2-8192 -6746  
E-mail: cnsonline@hibox.hinet.net  
 
The conformity assessmen t procedures for the inspection schemes are as follows:  
 
Registration of Product Certification (RPC ) Scheme  (Module II + IV , V or VII)  
Under this procedure, domestic manufacturers or importers must have products type -tested  that the 
production premises hav e to provide the largest size samples for use in performing all inspection items test s 
by the BSMI  (Module II)  before applying for registration of their products . When the scope  of tensile test is 
exceeding  the facilities of the BSMI , the BSMI  may require the production premises to provide laboratory of  2 
 tensile test in perform ing witness testing on tensile test of the s teel bars for concrete reinforcement  by the 
BSMI . 
For products applied with the Module IV or V procedures, the manufacturing facilities must  have 
implemented ISO 9001 quality management system (full quality management system (Module IV) or 
production quality management system (Module V), respectively) certified by the BSMI or BSMI -recognized 
certification bodies. As an alternative, manufacture rs may establish a quality system that complies with the 
requirements stipulated  by the BSMI (Module VII) and obtain a factory inspection report issued by the BSMI 
or BSMI -recognized factory inspection bodies.  
Products will be allowed to use the Commodity Inspection Mark with  the letter ‘R’ and the identification 
number given by the BSMI , after they are certified and registered with the BSMI . The Commodity Inspection 
Mark  shall be printed by the certifi cate holders.  The size of the Mark can be applied propo rtionally on a 
prominent location of the commodities.  
These products can then pass through customs directly without any further inspection if not be sampled 
by RPC border check procedure. The  application fee and annual fee for RPC are both NT$5,000(about U S$ 
170) for each certification, and the RPC certifications are valid for 3 years. If there are any serial products, the 
extra NT$3,000(about US$ 102) o f application fee is needed for every application in each certification.  
 
Locations to apply for Type Tes ting:  
The BSMI  
 
Locations to apply for Registration of Product Certification : 
The BSMI or his branch offices.  
 
Time required for Registration of Product Certification : 
Fourteen working days. (This period does not include the time for corrective actions by the applicant due to 
deficiencies in the documents or samples; another seven working days may be required if additional tests are 
required)  
 
Related  requirements for the inspection procedures:  
1. The revised inspection s tandard CNS 560 ( 2018 ) for Steel bars f or concrete reinforcement  will be 
effective from the date of adoption. The current inspection standard CNS 560 ( 2014) will be invalid from 
1 May 2020.  
2. Certificates of Registration of Product Certification : 
(1) New application:  
For a pplicant s apply ing for a new certificate (s) before 30 April 2020 in accordance with the old version 
of inspection standard  CNS 560 (promulgated on 5 February 2014 ), the certificate will expire on 30 
April 2020.  
From the date of publication, for applications with type -test reports an d technical documents in 
compliance with the revised inspection standards to apply for certificate(s), the validity period of the 
certificate will be 3 years from the date of issuance.  
(2) Replacement or extension:  
Certificate holders may  apply for extension o f the certificate  before 30 April 2020  in accordance with 
the old version of inspection standard , and the extended certificate will expire on 30 April 2020 . 
Certificate holders shall apply to the BSMI or its branches for a replacement of the certificate(s)  before 
30 April 2020  by providing type -test reports and technical documents in compliance with the revised 
inspection standard. Otherwise, certificate(s) will be rescinded. The expiry date of the replaced 3 
 certificate(s) will remain the same as the origina l certificate.  
3. The import regulation code of the listed commodities is C02.  
4. The national codes  (eg, JP for Japan, KR for Korea) are required in accordance with the section 8 in CNS 
560 (2018 ). 
5. Inspection fees of the listed products will be collected based on the “Regulations Governing Fees for 
Commodity Inspection.”  
6. The inspection standards of the products listed in the table shall be the version published in this  
announcement. If any updated version is available, the BSMI shall publish the implementation d ate of  the 
updated version in further announcement s. 
7. The C.C.C. Code listed in the table is used for reference only. The commodity listed in the table shall still 
complete the inspection  procedures before entering into the market even though their C.C.C. C ode is  
identified differently by the Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance or Bureau of Foreign Trade,  
Ministry of Economic Affairs.