G/TBT/N/TPKM/314  
 
19 January 2018  
(18-0505) 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  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist.,  
Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886 -2) 2343 -4510  
Fax:(886 -2) 3343 -3991  
E-mail: Jackson.chang@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 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Power 
supply products for automotive cigar lighter.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified doc ument: Proposal for 
Legal Inspection Requirements for Power Supply Products for Automotive Cigar Lighter 
(4 page(s), in English; 3 page(s), in Chinese)   
6. Description of content: Power supply products for automotive cigar lighter are widely 
used to connect to electronic devices such as dashbo ard cameras or mobile phones. 
A survey of such products raised safety concerns in aspects of overheating, fire -resistance 
and others. With a view to protecting consumers from relevant hazards arising from use of 
such products and to protect the environment, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and 
Inspection (BSMI) proposes to regulate the safety, EMC and hazardous substances of 
power supply products for automotive cigar lighter. The inspection standards are 
CNS 14336-1 for safety, CNS 13438 for EMC and Section 5 of CNS 15663 for marking of 
presence of 6 hazardous substances. The conformity assessment procedure will be 
Registration of Product Certification (Module II Type Test + Module III Conformity to Type 
Declarat ion). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
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  8. Relevant documents:  The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 13438 (2006), CNS 14336 -1 
(2010), and Section 5 "Marking of Presence" of CNS 15663 (2013).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2019  
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) 2343 -1813 
Fax: (886 -2) 2343 -1804 
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
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