G/TBT/N/TPKM/223  
 
3 December 2015  
(15-6383)  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) 2343-1783 Fax: (886-2) 3343-3991 
E-mail: kh.fanchiang@bsmi.gov.tw   
Name and address (including telephon e 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Water dispensers 
(CCCN 8418.69.90.00.9B, 85 16.10.00.00.9E). – Other (H S: 841869) – Electric 
instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters (HS: 851610) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Public Notice under 
the Commodity Inspection Act (1 page, in Chinese, English translation available)  
6. Description of content: Water dispenser (hereinafter referred as "the commodities") has 
been subject to mandatory inspection under the Commodity Inspection Act by the Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) since 1 May 1990. To enhance consumer 
protection and promote efficiency of  energy use, the BSMI will revise 
 
the inspection standards of the commodi ties from [CNS 3765 (2005), IEC 60335-2-15 
(2005-08), CNS 13516 (1999),CNS 13783-1(2004)] to [CNS 60335-1(2014-11), 
CNS 60335-2-15(2014-12), CNS 13516(2014-10), CNS 13783-1(2013-10)], and will 
expand the test items and methods by adding requirements from Section 6.9 "Capacity of inner tank" and 6.11 "Standardized standby loss of every 24 hours, E
st,24" of the Standard 
CNS 13516 (2014-10).  
In addition to the safety and energy efficien cy requirements for water dispenser, the BSMI 
proposes to require marking of presence conditions of restricted substances. Such markings shall be made in accordance with Section 5 of CNS 15663 (2013-07) on the 
body, packages, stickers or the instruction books of the product. For those who utilize 
website as a means to announce "the presence conditions of the restricted substances," the website address shall be clearly stated on the body, packages, stickers or the 
instruction books of the product. The conformity assessment procedure for Water 
Dispenser remains the same, i.e. Registration of Product Certification (RPC) or Type-Approved Batch Inspection (TABI). G/TBT/N/TPKM/223 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To enhance the consumer protection, reduce the use of the restricted chemical 
hazardous substances and promote energy efficiency of electric appliances to achieve the 
goal of energy conservation and environmental protection.  
8. Relevant documents: The Commodity Inspection Act; CNS 60335-1 (2014-11); 
CNS 60335-2-15 (2014-12); CNS 13783-1(2013-1 0); Section 6.3, 6.7, 6.9, 6.11 and the 
item (i) of section 7.1 and the value of E st,24 of CNS 13516(2014-10); Section 5 "Marking of 
presence" of CNS 15663 (2013-07); Related regulations issued by the authority for the 
energy efficiency. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 December 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
TPKM-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) 3343-5191 Fax: (886-2) 2343-1804 E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw   
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