G/TBT/N/TPKM/437  
21 October 2020  
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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:  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)  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886 -2) 3343 -5101 
Fax: +(886 -2) 2392 -2402 
E-mail: sandy.tsai@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 s hall 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):  Reference 
CCC Codes: 9403.70.00.00.0D, 9403.20.00.00.1C, 9401.80.00.00.0C, 
9401.71.00.00.1B, 9401.79.00.00.3A, 9401.40.00.00.9; Seats, whether or not 
convertible into beds, and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. medical, surgical, de ntal or 
veterinary of heading 9402) (HS 9401); Seats, convertible into beds (excl. garden seats 
and camping equipment, and medical, dental or surgical furniture) (HS 940140); 
Upholstered seats, with metal frames (excl. seats for aircraft or motor vehicles,  swivel 
seats with variable height adjustments and medical, dental or surgical furniture) (HS 
940171); Seats, with metal frames (excl. upholstered, swivel seats with variable height 
adjustments and medical, dental or surgical furniture) (HS 940179); Seats,  n.e.s (HS 
940180); Furniture and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. seats and medical, surgical, dental or 
veterinary furniture) (HS 9403); Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, 
surgical, dental or veterinary furniture) (HS 940320); Furniture o f plastic (excl. medical, 
dental, surgical or veterinary, and seats) (HS 940370)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
Legal Inspection of Reclined Cradles (2 page(s), in English; 1 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Descr iption of content:  In response to the concerns raised by the public about the 
safety of reclined cradles due to incidents in recent years that resulted in severe injuries 
to infants, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) decides to regul ate 
the safety and quality of reclined cradles. The conformity assessment procedure is either 
Type-Approved Batch Inspection or Registration of Product Certification(Module 2 + 
Module 3).  G/TBT/N/TPKM/437  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems  where 
applicable:   ; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 15982  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 November 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  30 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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/TPKM/20_6316_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/ TBT/TPKM/20_6316_00_x.pdf