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 Legal Inspection Requirements  for Hot Rolled Steel H -Beam  
 
By the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs  
 
Introduction : 
With a view to ensuring the safety of steels used in public construction , the Bureau of Stand ards, 
Metrology and Inspection (BSMI)  regulate s the inspection requirements for hot rolled steel H -beams. 
The conformity assessment procedure for all such products will be Registration of Product 
Certification.  
 
Date of implementation:  
1 July 2019  
 
Products (HS/CCCN codes) covered and their applicable inspection standard s: 
Description of Goods  C.C.C. Code (the first 
6 digits being the same 
as HS Code)  (for 
Reference)  Inspection Standards  Conformity 
Assessment Procedures  
Hot rolled steel 
H-beams  (inspection 
scope: the height 
exceeding 80mm , 
exclusive of those 
used in cars ) 7216 .33.00.10-5 
7216 .33.00.20-3 
7216 .33.00.30-1 
7216 .99.90.00-9 CNS 2473(2014)  
CNS 2947(2014)  
CNS 13812(2014)  
CNS 4269(2014)  
CNS 5083(2014)  
CNS 4620(2014)  RPC Scheme  
(Modules II+VII) 
The conformity assessment procedure s for the inspection scheme are as follows:  
Registration of Product Certification (RPC) Scheme (Modules II + VII ) 
Under the II+  VII combination of modules used in this scheme, domestic manufacturers or im porters 
must have their products type -tested in advance (Module II) by the BSMI -recognized testing 
laboratories before applying for registration of their products. Manufacturers or importers will also 
be required to ensure by factory inspection  (Module VII, factory inspection ) that all products made 
at their manufacturing facilities or imported are in conformity with the prototypes submitted for 
type-test at Module II stage. For Module VII, a factory inspection report issued by the 
BSMI -recognized factory i nspection bodies is needed.  
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 number given by the BSMI. These products 
can clear customs directly witho ut 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 for each certification, 
and the RPC certification is valid for 3 years. If there are any serial products, an extra N T$3,000 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.  
*Further information on the two schemes can also be found on the BSMI web site:  
http://www.bsmi.gov.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=8673&ctNode=811&mp=2   Page  2 of 2 
 Locations to apply for Registration of Product Certification:  
The BSMI  and its branches  
 
Locations to apply for Type Testing : 
The BSMI -designated testing laboratories   
 
Locations to app ly for factory inspection : 
The BSMI - recognized factory inspection bodies  
Time required for Registration of Product Certification:  
14 working days. (This period does not include the time for corrective actions by the applicant due to 
deficiencies in the documents or samples. Extra 14 working days may be required for additional 
tests.)  
Related  requirements for the inspection procedures:  
1. Either imported domestic manufactured commodities subject to this proposal shall conform to 
inspection requirements when this proposal enters into force on 1 July 2019. The applicable 
conformity assessment scheme is the Registration of Product Certification (RPC) . 
2. Upon the data of publication of this proposal, the BSMI will accept applications for registration 
of product. Af ter the applications have been reviewed and approved by the BSMI, when the 
BSMI completes the review procedure and approves the application, the product registration 
certificate(s) will be issued and valid for 3 years starting from the issue date.  
3. “C02”  is the import regulation code of the commodities  subjected to this proposal .  
4. Inspection fees of the listed products will be collected based on the “Regulations Governing Fees 
for Commodity Inspection.”  
5. Type -test fees and factory inspection fees of the produ cts will be collected by the testing facilities 
in accordance with their respective rates.  
6. The inspection standards of the products 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 announcement . 
7. The C.C.C. Codes listed in the table are used for reference only. The commodities whose product 
name listed in the table shall still complete the inspection procedures before entering into the 
market even though their C.C.C. Code is identified differently by the Customs Administration, 
Ministry of Finance or Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs . 
8. The hot rolled steel H -beams used in cars shall be registered by T aiwan Body Car manufacturer  
Association(TBCA) and approved by BSMI.