G/TBT/N/PAK/156  
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):  Sanitary 
Taps PS: 4846  ; Sanitary installations (ICS 91.140.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Sanitary Taps 
PS: 4846 ICS No. 91.140.70 (45 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Standard was adopted by  the Pakistan Standards & Quality 
Control Authority (PSQCA) for Standards Development Centre, after the draft Standard 
prepared by Technical Committee for "Builder's Hardware and Sanitary Fitting (BDC -6)" 
had been approved and endorsed by the Civil Enginee ring Divisional Council on 05 -07-
2007.  
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 has derived assistance from the 
following foreign publication: DIN -EN-200. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This aim of this European Standard is to specify:  
• The dimensional, water tightness,  pressure resistance, hydraulic, mechanical 
strength, mechanical endurance and acoustic characteristics with which the 
single taps and mixer taps shall comply.  
• The test methods to verify these characteristics.  
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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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