G/TBT/N/PAK/142  
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):  
Uninterruptible Power Systems (Ups) – Part 4: Environmental Aspects – Requirements 
and Reporting PS: IEC 62040 -4 ICS No. 29.200  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Uninterruptible 
Power Systems (Ups) – Part 4: Environmenta l Aspects – Requirements and Reporting PS: 
IEC 62040 -4 ICS No. 29.200 (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Pakistan Standard was adopted by the authority of the 
Board of Directors of Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PS QCA), after the 
draft prepared by the Technical Committee for "Power electronics. Industrial -process 
measurement and control (ESTC -3)" had been approved and endorsed by the National 
Standards Committee for Electronics on 11 -11-2014.  
This Standard is  an adoption of IEC  Publication IEC  62040 -4-2013: Uninterruptible power 
systems (UPS) – Part 4: Environmental aspects – Requirements and reporting.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This Part of the  IEC 62040 series specifies the process and  requirements to 
declare  the environmental aspects concerning uninterruptible power systems (UPS), with 
the goal of promoting reduction of any adverse environmental impact during a complete 
UPS li fe cycle. This product standard is harmonized with the applicable generic and 
horizontal environmental standards and contains additional details relevant to UPS. This 
standard applies to movable, stationary and fixed UPS that deliver single or three - phase  
fixed frequency a.c.  Output voltage not exceeding 1000 V a.c and that present, generally 
through a d.c. link, an energy storage system and specified in IEC 62040 product G/TBT/N/PAK/142  
 
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  standards for UPS (Part 1: Safety, Part 2: EMC and Part 3: Test and performance). 
Environmental Safety aspects.; Other  
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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