G/TBT/N/PAK/152  
 
9 February 2021  
(21-1028) 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:  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):  
Polypropylene (PP) Pipes Dimensions PS: 4534; Plastics pipes (ICS 23.040.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and lan guage(s) of the notified document:  Polypropylene 
(PP) Pipes Dimensions PS: 4534 ICS No. 23.040.20 (19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:   
This Standard was adopted by Pakistan Standard & Quality Control Authority after 
recommendations of the Technical Committee for "BUILDER'S HARDWARE AND SANITARY 
FITTINGS" (BDC -06) on1999. The same had been approved and endorsed by the Civil 
Engineering National Standards Committee (CENSC) on 06 -12-1999.  
This Standard has been prepared after taking into consideration the views and 
suggestions of the manufacturers, technologists, suppliers and utilizing agencies.  
In preparation of this Standard the Technical Committee acknowledges with thanks the 
assistance drawn from the standard DIN 807 7 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This standard specifies dimensions and tolerances for seamless pipes of 
circular cross section, made from homopolymer polypropylene (PP -H 100), block 
copolymer polypro pylene (PP -B 80) or random copolymer polypropylene (PP -R 80), as 
specified in DIN 8078. It covers all available types of polypropylene pipes for all possible 
applications; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/PAK/152  
 
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  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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