G/TBT/N/PAK/149  
9 February 2021  
(21-1026) 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):  Sound 
System Equipment –Part 7: Headphones and Earphones. PS: IEC 60268 -7 ICS No. 
33.160.50; Accessories (ICS 33.160.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Sound System 
Equipment –Part 7: Headphones and Earphones. PS: IEC  60268 -7 ICS No. 33.160.50 (46 
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 (PSQCA), after the 
draft prepared by the Techn ical Committee for "Recording / Audio,  video  systems (ESTC 
– 8)"had been approved and endorsed by the National Standards Committee for 
Electronics  on 16 -12-2015.  
This Standard is an adoption of IEC Publication 60268 -7:2010 "Sound system equipment 
- Part 7: Headphones and earphones"  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
This Part  of  IEC 60268,  is  applicable  to  headphones,   headsets,  earphones  and 
earsets, intended to be used on, or in, the human ear. It also applies to equipment, such 
as pre -amplifiers, passive networks and power supplies which form an integral part of the 
headphone system. Quality and Safety requirements.  
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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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