G/TBT/N/CHN/1389  
16 October 2019  
(19-6707) 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:  CHINA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization 
Administration of the P.R.C.)  
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):  Interior 
Floor Coatings; Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic 
polymers or chem ically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non -
aqueous medium; solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter (HS 3208); Paints and 
varnishes (ICS 87.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National 
Standard of the P.R.C., Limit of Harmful Substances of Interior Floor Coatings (22 page(s), 
in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  The standard specifies the terms and definitions, product 
classification, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, package and label for 
substances that are harmful to the human body and the environment in interior floor 
coatings.  This  standard includes three types of interior floor coatings:  water -based floor 
coatings, solvent -based floor coatings and solvent -free floor co atings. In this standard, 
for water -based floor coatings, volatile organic compounds (VOC), free formaldehyde, 
sum of four kinds of derivatives of benzene, sum of glycol ether ester, sum of free TDI 
and HDI, four kinds of soluble heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cr, Hg) are limited. For solvent -
based floor coatings and solvent -free floor coatings, VOC, benzene, sum of methyl 
benzene , dimethyl benzene and ethyl benzene, sum of free TDI and HDI, sum of glycol 
ether ester, six kinds of phthalates and four kinds of solub le heavy metals(Pb, Cd, Cr. Hg) 
are limited.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
- G/TBT/N/CHN/1389  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months after adoption  
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 National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel：+86 10 57954630 / 57954627  
E_mail: tbt@customs.gov.cn  
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