G/TBT/N/PAK/153  
 
9 February 2021 
(21-1029) 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):  
Polypropylene Pipes (PP) Types 1, 2 And 3 General Quality Requirements and Testing PS: 
4533 ; Plastics pipes (ICS 23.040.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Polypropylene 
Pipes (PP) Types 1, 2 And 3 General Quality Req uirements and Testing PS: 4533 ICS No. 
23.040.20 (21 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Standard was adopted by Pakistan Standard & Quality 
Control Authority after recommendations of the Technical Committee for "BUILDER'S 
HARDWARE AND SA NITARY FITTINGS" (BDC -06) on 1999. The same had been 
approved and endorsed by the Civil Engineering National Standards Committee (CENSC) 
on 06 -12-1999.  
This Standard has been prepared after taking into consideration the views and 
suggestions of the manufac turers, technologists, suppliers and utilizing agencies.  
In preparation of this Standard the Technical Committee acknowledges with thanks the 
assistance drawn from the standard DIN 8078  G/TBT/N/PAK/153  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This standard specifies requirements and the relevant methods of test for 
seamless pipes of circular cross section made from propylene homopolymers (PP -H) 
(type 1), thermoplastic propylene impact copolymers (PP -B) (type 2) or the rmoplastic 
propylene random copolymers (type 3).  
Individual requirements specified in this standard may be omitted or supplemented in 
technical delivery conditions relating to particular applications; Quality requirements  
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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