G/TBT/N/TPKM/404  
18 February 2020  
(20-1234) 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 -1783 
Fax: (886 -2) 3343 -3991 
E-mail: ha.han@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):  Electric 
storage drink water heaters (C.C.C. Code: 8516.10.00.00.9C); - Electric instantaneous 
or storage water heaters and immersion heaters (HS 851610)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
amendme nt to the legal inspection regulation for electric storage drink water heaters (6 
page(s), in English; 5 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  Electric storage drink water heaters have been subject to 
mandatory inspection under the Commodity Ins pection Act by the Bureau of Standards 
Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) since 1 January 1992. In line with the energy policy, 
the BSMI proposes to require that electric storage drink water heaters be subject to 
Sections 10.7 "capacity of inner tank test" an d 10.8 "standardized standby loss of every 
24 hours E st,24 test" of CNS 12623, where the measured value (E st,24) shall comply with 
that stated in "Requirements on Minimum Energy Performance Standard (MEPS) for 
electric storage tank boiling water heaters."  
The conformity assessment procedures for products subject to this notified measure 
remain the same, i.e. Registration of Products Certification (RPC) or Type -approved Batch 
Inspection (TABI).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/TPKM/404  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• The Commodity Inspection Act;  
• CNS 60335 -1(2014);  
• CNS 60335 -2-15(2014);  
• CNS 12623 (2014) Section 10.7 "Capacity of inner tank test" & 10.8 
"Standardized standby loss of every 24 hours E st,24 test";  
• CNS 13783 -1(2013);  
• CNS 13803(2003);  
• CNS 15663(2013) Section 5 "Marking of Presence";  
• Related regulations issued by the authority for the energy efficiency.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2021  
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@bsmi.gov.tw  
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