G/TBT/N/TPKM/441  
23 November 2020  
(20-8437) 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:  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) 2343 -4541 
Fax: +(886 -2) 2392 -2402 
E-mail: jay.chiu@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 shall  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):  Safety 
barriers (HS/CCCN 4421.91.00.00 -3, 4421.99.00.90 -6, 7308.90.90.00 -7,7326.90.90.90 -
6); Other articles of wood, n.e.s (HS 4421); Structures and parts of structures "e.g., 
bridges and bridge -sections, lock -gates, towers, la ttice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, 
doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, 
pillars and columns", of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and 
the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel (excl. prefabricated buildings of 
heading 9406) (HS 7308); Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles) (HS 7326)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
Legal Inspection of Safety Barri ers (2 page(s), in English; 1 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  In response to the concerns raised by the public about the 
safety of safety barriers due to incidents in recent years that resulted in severe injuries 
to young children, the Bur eau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection intends to regulate 
the safety and quality of safety barriers. The conformity assessment procedure is either 
Type-Approved Batch Inspection or Registration of Product Certification (Module 2 + 
Module 3).  
7. Objec tive and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 16005  G/TBT/N/TPKM/441  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 December 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_7223_00_e.pdf  
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