G/TBT/N/TPKM/505  
19 September 2022  
(22-6880) 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 -1700 ext. 774  
Fax: (886 -2) 2392-2402 
E-mail: sc.lu@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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  2523.29. 
Other portland cements 2523.90 Other hydraulic cements; Portland cement (excl. white, 
whether or not artificially coloured) (HS 252329); Cement, whether or not coloured (excl. 
portland cement and aluminous cement) (HS 252390)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
Amendments to the Legal Inspection Re quirements for Cement; (2 page(s), in English), 
(1 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  With a view to enhancing the quality of cements, the Bureau of 
Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) is proposing to adopt the updated version of 
CNS 1 5286 "Blended hydraulic cements," to its current version, published in 2022, as the 
inspection standard. The main change of CNS 15286 is that Type IL -Portland -limestone 
cement and Type IT -Ternary blended cement are added in the classification of blended 
hydraulic cements. Portland -limestone cement shall be hydraulic cement in which its 
limestone content is more than 5% but less than or equal to 15% by mass of the blended 
cement.  
The conformity assessment procedures remain the same, i.e. Monitoring Inspection (MI) 
or Monitoring Inspection of Products from Premises with Registered Management System 
(MS-Based Monitoring Inspection).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
The Commodity Inspection Act;  
CNS 15286:2022  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
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) 23431916  
Fax: +(886 -2) 23431804  
Email: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/TPKM/22_6257_00_e.pdf  
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