G/TBT/N/TPKM/452  
22 February 2021  
(21-1463) 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)  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886 -2) 2343 -1783 
Fax: +(886 -2) 3343 -3991 
E-mail: ha.han@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):   
1. Fans  
2. Vacuum cleaners & Water -suction cleaners  
3. Electric food grinders  
4. Electric food mixers  
5. Electric juice extractors/ fruit squeezers  
6. Electric hair setting curlers  
7. Electric massage appliance s 
 - Fans : (HS 84145); Domestic food grinders and mixers and fruit or vegetable juice 
extractors, with self -contained electric motor (HS 850940); Electromechanical domestic 
appliances, with self -contained electric motor (excl. vacuum cleaners, dry and wet 
vacuum cleaners, food grinders and mixers, fruit or vegetable juice extractors, and hair -
removing appliances) (HS 850980); Electro -thermic hairdressing apparatus (excl. 
hairdryers) (HS 851632); Electro -thermic appliances, for domestic use (excl. hairdressin g 
appliances and hand dryers, space -heating and soil -heating apparatus, water heaters, 
immersion heaters, smoothing irons, microwave ovens, ovens, cookers, cooking plates, 
boiling rings, grillers, roasters, coffee makers, tea makers and toasters) (HS 85167 9); 
Mechano -therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude -testing 
apparatus (HS 901910); - Other : (HS 95069)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
Amendments to the Legal Requirements for Fans an d 6 Other Electrical Appliances 
(6 page(s), in English; 7 page(s), in Chinese)  G/TBT/N/TPKM/452  
 
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  6. Description of content:  In response to the safety concerns of secondary batteries which 
resulted in increasing incidents of explosion, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and  
Inspection (BSMI) proposes to include products with secondary cells/batteries in the 
inspection scope based on a staged approach. This proposal covers fans and 6 other 
electrical appliances and the secondary cells/batteries used by these products shall 
comply with CNS 15364: 2013 and Sections 7.3.8.1 "vibration" and 7.3.8.2 "mechanical 
shock" of CNS 62133 -2: 2018. Relevant administrative arrangements for products already 
certified are provided.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Commodity Inspection Act;  
• CNS 60335 -1: 2014;  
• CNS 60335 -2-2: 2015;  
• CNS 60335 -2-14: 2015;  
• CNS 60335 -2-23:2015;  
• CNS 60335 -2-32:2015;  
• CNS 60335 -2-80:2015;  
• CNS 13783 -1: 2013;  
• CNS 15663: 2013 Section 5 "Marking of Presence"  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2023  
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) 3343 -5140  
Fax: +(886 2) 2343 -1804  
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TPKM/21_1294_00_e.pdf  
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TPKM/21_1294_00_x.pdf