1 Proposal for Amendment  to Legal Inspection of  Fire-retardant Paints for 
Buildings  
 
By the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs  
 
 
Background:  
The BSMI intends to adopt the revised standard, CNS 11728:2016, of fi re-retardant paints for 
buildings as the inspection standard. New requirements include volatile organic compound (VOC) 
content, limits of hazardous heavy metals and labelling. The products will be required to comply 
with the revised standard beginning 1 Ju ly 2018.  
Besides, the BSMI will revise  the description of goods of“fire-retardant paints for buildings .”. 
 
Proposed date of implementation:  1 July 2018. 
Products (HS/CCCN codes) covered and their applicable inspection standard s: 
 
Updated  Superseded  
Descri ption  
of Goods  Inspection 
Standards  Reference  C.C.C.  
Code (the  first 6  
digits are the same 
as HS  Code)  Description of Goods  Inspection 
Standards  C.C.C.  Code (the  
first 6  digits are 
the same as HS  
Code)  
Fire-retardant 
paints for 
buildings  CNS 11728  
(2016)  
 3208.10.10.00 -0-A 
3208.10.20.00 -8-A 
3208.10.91.00 -2-A 
3208.10.92.00 -1-A 
3208.20.10.00 -8-A 
3208.20.20.00 -6-A 
3208.20.91.00 -0-A 
3208.20.92.00 -9-A 
3208.90.10.00 -3-A 
3208.90.20.00 -1-A 
3208.90.91.00 -5-A 
3208.90.92.00 -4-A 
3208.90.93.00 -3-A Paints or enamels, 
based on polyesters 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  CNS 11728  
(2010)  
 3208.10.10.00 -0-A 
Conductive paints 
(containing copper 
powder, silver powder 
or nickel powder 
only), based on 
polyesters (inspection 
scope fire -retardant 
paints)  3208.10.20.00 -8-A 
Other paints 
(including enamels 
and lacquers) based on 
polyesters, dispersed 
or dissolved in a 
non-aqueous medium 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3208.10.91.00 -2-A  2 Updated  Superseded  
Descri ption  
of Goods  Inspection 
Standards  Reference  C.C.C.  
Code (the  first 6  
digits are the same 
as HS  Code)  Description of Goods  Inspection 
Standards  C.C.C.  Code (the  
first 6  digits are 
the same as HS  
Code)  
3209.10.10.00 -9-A 
3209.10.20.00 -7-A 
3209.90.10.00 -2-A 
3209.90.20.00 -0-A 
3210.00.10.00 -8-A 
3210.00.20.00 -6-A 
3210.00.91.00 -0-A 
3210.00.92.00 -9-A 
 
 Other varnishes based 
on polyesters, 
dispersed or dissolved 
in a non -aqueous 
medium (inspection 
scope fire -retardant 
paints)  
 3208.10.92.00 -1-A 
Paints or enamels, 
based on a crylic or 
vinyl polymers 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3208.20.10.00 -8-A 
Conductive paints 
(containing copper 
powder, silver powder 
or nickel powder 
only), based on acrylic 
or vinyl polymers 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3208.20 .20.00 -6-A 
Other paints 
(including enamels 
and lacquers) based on 
acrylic or vinyl 
polymers, dispersed or 
dissolved in a 
non-aqueous medium 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3208.20.91.00 -0-A 
Other varnishes based 
on acrylic or vinyl 
polyme rs, dispersed or 
dissolved in a 
non-aqueous medium 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3208.20.92.00 -9-A 
Other paints or 
enamels (inspection 
scope fire -retardant 
paints)  3208.90.10.00 -3-A  3 Updated  Superseded  
Descri ption  
of Goods  Inspection 
Standards  Reference  C.C.C.  
Code (the  first 6  
digits are the same 
as HS  Code)  Description of Goods  Inspection 
Standards  C.C.C.  Code (the  
first 6  digits are 
the same as HS  
Code)  
Other conductive 
paints (containing 
copper powder, si lver 
powder or nickel 
powder only) 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3208.90.20.00 -1-A 
Other paints 
(including enamels 
and lacquers) based on 
synthetic polymer or 
chemically modified 
natural polymers 
dispersed or dissolved 
in a non -aqueous 
medi um (inspection 
scope fire -retardant 
paints)  3208.90.91.00 -5-A 
Other varnishes based 
on synthetic polymer 
or chemically 
modified natural 
polymers, dispersed or 
dissolved in a 
non-aqueous 
medium(inspection 
scope fire -retardant 
paints)  3208.90.92.00 -4-A 
Solutions as defined in 
note 4 to this 
Chapter(inspection 
scope fire -retardant 
paints)  3208.90.93.00 -3-A 
Paints (including 
enamels and lacquers) 
based on acrylic or 
vinyl polymers, 
dispersed or dissolved 
in a aqueous medium 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3209.10.10.00 -9-A 
Varnishes based on 
acrylic vinyl polymers, 
dispersed or dissolved 
in a aqueous medium 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3209.10.20.00 -7-A  4 Updated  Superseded  
Descri ption  
of Goods  Inspection 
Standards  Reference  C.C.C.  
Code (the  first 6  
digits are the same 
as HS  Code)  Description of Goods  Inspection 
Standards  C.C.C.  Code (the  
first 6  digits are 
the same as HS  
Code)  
Other paints 
(including enamels 
and lacquers) based on 
synthetic  polymers or 
chemical modified 
natural polymers, 
dispersed or dissolved 
in a aqueous medium 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3209.90.10.00 -2-A 
Other varnishes based 
on synthetic polymers 
or chemically 
modified natural 
polymers, dispersed or 
dissolved in a aqueous 
medium (inspection 
scope fire - retardant 
paints)  3209.90.20.00 -0-A 
Prepared water 
pigments of a kind 
used for finshing 
leather (inspection 
scope fire -retardant 
paints)  3210.00.10.00 -8-A 
Lacquers(inspection 
scope fire -retardan t 
paints)  3210.00.20.00 -6-A 
Other 
varnishes(inspection 
scope fire -retardant 
paints)  3210.00.91.00 -0-A 
Other paints 
(inspection scope 
fire-retardant paints)  3210.00.92.00 -9-A 
 
Others: 
Other requirements not mentioned  herein shall be handled purs uant to  “Directions Governing the 
Inspection of Paints .”