1 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 adopt ed the revised standard , CNS 11728 :2016, of Fire-retardant paints for  buildings  as 
the inspection standard , and inspect not only volatile organic compound (VOC) content  and 
labelling but also hazardous heavy metals content . Those products  must comply with the 
requirements of revised standard  before they are released from th e production premises or the 
Customs since 1 July 2018. 
Besides, the BSMI revise d the Description of Goods of “Fire-retardant paints for buildings  ”. 
 
Date of implementation:  1 July 2018. 
Products (HS/CCCN codes) covered and their applicable inspection stan dard s: 
 
Updated  Superseded  
Description  
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fire-retardant paints)  3208.10.91.00 -2-A  2 Updated  Superseded  
Description  
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 acrylic 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 sco pe 
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 varnishe s based 
on acrylic or vinyl 
polymers, 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  
Description  
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, silver 
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 
medium (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 aqu eous 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  
Description  
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 enamel s 
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 
Lacqu ers(inspection 
scope fire -retardant 
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 ment ioned  herein shall be handled pursuant to  〝Directions Governing the 
Inspection of Paints 〞.