Legal Inspection Requirements  for Folding Tables  
By the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs  
 
Background:  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection decides to regulate the safety of folding tables, 
whic h were involved in a number of incidents in recent years and resulted in injuries or deaths of 
children. The requirement s apply to folding  tables with height above 60 cm, which shall comply 
with CNS 15185: 2019. The conformity assessment procedure is Regis tration of Product 
Certification  (Module II -type test and Module III -declaration of conformity ). 
 
Date of implementation:  
1 July 2020 
 
Products (HS/CCC codes) covered and the applicable inspection standard s: 
Description of Goods  Inspection 
Standards  Confor mity Assessment 
Procedures  C.C.C. Code (the first 6 
digits being the same as 
HS Code)  (for Reference)  
Folding tables of which 
bracket are cross -folding 
vertically and operating 
height are above 60 cm  CNS 15185 : 2019 Registration of Product 
Certification ( Module II and 
Module III)  9403.10.00.00 -3 
9403.20.00.00 -1 
9403.30.10.00 -7 
9403.30.90.00 -0 
9403.40.10.00 -5 
9403.40.90.00 -8 
9403.50.10.00 -2 
9403.50.90.00 -5 
9403.60.10.00 -0 
9403.60.90.00 -3 
9403.70.00.00 -0A 
9403.82.10.00 -4 
9403.82.90.00 -7 
9403.83.10.00 -3 
9403. 83.90.00 -6 
9403.89.10.00 -7 
9403.89.20.00 -5 
9403.89.90.00 -0 
The conformity assessment procedure s for the inspection scheme are as follows:  
Registration of Product Certification (RPC) Scheme(Module II+ III)  
Under this procedure, manufacturers must have thei r products type -tested by the BSMI or designated 
testing laboratories recognized by the BSMI (Module II) before applying for registration of their 
products. Manufacturers or importers will also be required to ensure by declaration (Module III) that all 
products made at their manufacturing facilities are in conformity with the prototypes submitted for type testing in Module II.  
Products will be allowed to use the Commodity Inspection Mark, the letter “R” and the identification 
number given by the BSMI, after  they are certified and registered with the BSMI. These products can 
then pass through customs directly without any further inspection. The application fee and annual fee for 
RPC are both NT$5,000 for each type of product, and a RPC certificate is valid fo r 3 years.  
 
Locatio ns to apply for Type Testing:  
BSMI -designated testing laboratories , the BSMI or his branch offices . 
 
Locations to apply for Registration of Product Certification : 
The BSMI or his branch offices.  
 
Time required for Registration of Product  Certification : 
Fourteen working days. (This period does not include the time for corrective actions by the applicant due to 
deficiencies in the documents or samples .) 
Related  requirements for the inspection procedures:  
1. Either imported or domestic manufact ured commodities listed above  shall conform to inspection 
requirements will come into force from  1 July 2020. The applicable conformity assessment schemes are 
the Registration of Product Certification (RPC).  
2. Upon the data of publication, the BSMI will acce pt applications for registration of product. After the 
BSMI completes the review procedure and approves the application, the product registration certificate(s) 
will be issued and valid for 3 years starting from the issue date.  
3. “C02” is the import regulati on code of the commodities subjected to this proposal.  
4. Products will be allowed to use the Commodity Inspection Mark, the letter “ R” and the identification 
number given by the BSMI . 
5. The inspection standards shall be the latest version of standards as of th e date this public notice to be 
adopted. When the applicable standard is revised or amended, the date of applying the revised or amended 
standard shall be decided and announced by the BSMI.  
6. The C.C.C. Codes listed in the table are used for reference only. The commodities whose  product  name 
listed in the table but not belong to the C.C.C. Codes for reference after being recognized by the Customs 
Administration, Ministry of Finance, or Bureau of Foreign  Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs shall still 
complete  the inspection procedure s before releas ed from the domestic  production premises  or imported .