G/TBT/N/PAK/164  
9 February 2021  
(21-1072) 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):  Safety of 
amusement rides and amusement devices --Part-1: Design and manufacture. PS: ISO 
17842 -1:2018  ; Playgrounds (ICS 97.200.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety of 
amusement rides and amusement devices --Part-1: Design and manufacture. PS: ISO 
17842 -1:2018 ICS No. 97.200.40 (167 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  International Standards are widely adopted at the regional or 
national level and applied by manufacturers, trade organizations, purchase rs, consumers, 
testing laboratories, authorities and other interested parties. Since these standards 
generally reflect the best experience of industry, researchers, consumers and regulators 
worldwide, and cover common needs in a variety of countries, they constitute one of the 
important bases for the removal of technical barriers to trade. This has been explicitly 
acknowledged in the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade of the World Trade 
Organization (WTO TBT Agreement).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This part of ISO 17842 specifies the minimum requirements necessary to 
ensure the safe design, calculation, manufacture, and installation of the following: mobile, 
temporary or permanentl y installed machinery and structures, e.g. roundabouts, swings, 
boats, Ferris wheels, roller coasters, chutes, grandstands, membrane or textile structures, 
booths, stages, side shows, and structures for artistic aerial displays. The above items, 
hereafter called amusement devices or simply "devices", are intended to be installed both 
repeatedly without degradation or loss of integrity, and temporarily or permanently in 
fairgrounds and amusement parks or any other locations. Fixed grandstands, construction 
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  children's amusement devices intended for up to 3 children are not covered by this 
document; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AylmLZnWAG20Yor0dM1ws72uFKTQp1yF/view?usp=sh
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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/  
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3Xrx3gwLmqdSecIZS -
1EPlFxmR74wCv/view?usp=sharing  
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PxpaMZoFgx4zi0PS6dNVxVzGQBUuZ6bV/view?usp=sh
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