1 
 Proposal for Amendments to the Inspection Requirements for  Fire-retardant 
Construction Materials  
 
By the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs  
 
Background:  
1. With a view to enhancing the performance of fire-retardant construction materials, which are currently 
subject to mandatory inspection, to protect consumers , the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and 
Inspection  (BSMI) is proposing to update the inspection standard s for f iber cement boards , gypsum 
boards , cement bonded wood -wool and flake boards , hard fiberboards , Insulation fiberboards , fiber 
reinforced cement sidings , fiber reinforced cement boards , regenerated fiber cement boards  and s ound 
absorbing materials  to their current version s, published in 2017.  
2. The BSMI also proposes to adopt the procedure of Type -Approved Batch Inspection (TABI) in place of 
Monitoring Inspection to speed up customs clearance . The alternative procedure of Registration of 
Product Certification  (Modules II+IV, II+V, or II+VII)  is still available for business operators  to choose 
depending on their needs.  
3. Magnesium oxide boards, perlite boards and rock wool sheathing boards are proposed to be deleted from 
the mandatory inspection scope.  
 
Proposed date of implementation:  1 Novem ber 2022  
 
Products (HS/CCCN codes) covered and their applicable inspection standard s: (changes made are 
underlined)  
Description of Goods  Inspection 
Standard s Inspection 
Scheme s Reference C.C.C Code  
(the first digits are the 
same as HS Code)  
fiber cement boards  (above  4mm ) CNS 3802:  2017  
Type -Approved  
Batch Inspection  
or  
RPC Scheme 
(Modules II+IV, 
II+V, II+VII)  6811.82.00.00.8E  
cement bonded wool and flake 
boards  (above 15mm)  CNS 9456:  2017  6808.00.00.00.2A  
hard cement bonded wood and 
flake boards  (above 12mm)  and 
normal cement bonded wood and 
flake boards (above 25mm ) CNS 9456:  2017  6808.00.00.00.2B  
fire-retardant hard fiberboards  
(above 2.5mm  RN-HB, RS -HB, 
DI-HB, and above 5mm DE -HB) CNS  9907:  2017  4411.92.10.00.2  
4411.92.90.00.5  
fire-retardant insulation  fiberboards  
(above 10mm  T-IB and above 9mm 
S-IB, A -IB) CNS 9911:  2017  4411.94.10.00.0B  
4411.94.90.00.3B  
decorative exterior panel of fiber 
reinforced cement sidings (above 
14mm ) CNS 11699:  2017  6811.82.00.00.8G  
calcium silicate boards  (above 
5mm 0.8  Type a, above 4mm 1.0  
Type a, and above 12mm  Type c)  CNS 13777:  2017  6811.82.00.00.8B  
slag gypsum boards  (above 5mm ) CNS 13777:  2017  6811.82.00.00.8C  
regenerated fiber cement boards  
(above 4mm ) CNS 14890:  2017  6811.82.00.00.8F  
dressed rockwool boards for 
acoustic use  (above 9mm)  CNS 15967:  2017  6806.90.00.00.5A  2 
 Gypsum boards  (above 9mm 
GB-R, GB -S, GB-R-H, GB -D-H, 
and above 9.5mm GB-D, GB-S-H, 
GB-NC, and above 12mm  GB-F) CNS 4458:  2017  6809.11.00.00.8A  
6809.19.00.00.0  
 
Description of the two kinds of conformity assessment procedures  
1. Registration of Product Certification (RPC) Scheme: Modules II+IV, II+V, or II+VII  
For product subject to Modules II+IV, II+V, or II+VII procedures, not only the products are required to 
be type-tested (Module II) by the BSMI or BSMI -designated  testing laboratories, but the quality 
management systems of the production premises must be audited under  Module IV (Full Quality 
Management System), Module V (Production Quality Management System) or Module VII (Factory 
Inspection).  
For Module IV and Module V, a registration certificate in accordance with the CNS 12681 (ISO 9001) is 
required to be  obtained from certification bodies recognized by the BSMI. As for Module VII, a factory 
inspection report issued by the BSMI or BSMI -recognized factory inspection bodies is needed.  
In addition, a declaration of conformity -to-type is also required to ensur e that the mass -produced 
commodities are in conformity with that shown in the type -test report.  
After being certified and registered by the BSMI, products will be allowed to use the Commodity 
Inspection Mark with the letter ‘R’ and the identification numbe r given by the BSMI. Additionally, these 
products can clear the customs directly without any further inspection if not being sampled by RPC 
border check procedures. The application fee and annual fee for RPC are both NT$5,000 (about US$170) 
for each certification, and a RPC certificat e is valid for 3 years. If there ar e any serial products, an extra 
NT$3,000 (about US$10 0) of application fee will be charged for every application in each certification. 
The fees for type testing vary by products and depend on the fee policies of the testing laboratories.  
 
2. Type -Approved Ba tch Inspection  (TABI) Scheme  
Under this scheme , manufacturer s or importer s shall have their products type -tested by BSMI or 
BSMI -designated  testing laboratories, and then file an application for type approval with the BSMI  or its 
branches . 
After manufacturers or importers have obtain ed Type Approval Certificate s, they are  required to file an 
application for batch inspection with the BSMI each time before their products are transported out of the 
production premises or arrive at the port of e ntry. The BSMI will then perform  inspection with 
simplified procedures . Additional samples may be required for further testing  if it is deemed necessary . 
The application fee for a type approval is NT$3 ,500, and a type approval certificate is generally valid for 
three years.  
 
Locations to apply for type testing : 
BSMI, its Branches ( Keelung  Branch, Taichung  Branch or Kaohsiung  Branch ), or BSMI -designated  testing 
laboratories.  
 
Time required for Registration of Product Certification:  
14 work ing days. (not including the time for corrective actions by the applicant due to deficiencies in the 
documents or samples. An extra 7 working days may be required for additional tests)  
 
Related requirements:  
1. The inspection standards of the commodities listed in the table  shall be the version published in this 
announcement. If any updated version is available, the BSMI shall publish the implementation date of 
the updated version in further announcements.  
2. The C.C.C. Codes listed in the table  are used for reference only. Products listed  shall still comply with 
the requirements before entering into the market, even though their C.C.C. Codes are identified 
differently by the Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance or Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry 
of Economic Affairs.