G/TBT/N/CHN/1071  
 
24 March 2015  
(15-1675)  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: CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible: Standardization Administration of China (SAC) 
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 [  ], 2.10.1  [X], 5.6.2 [  ], 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): Fireworks and 
firecrackers (HS Code: 36041000) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Packing for 
Fireworks (9 pages, in Chinese) 
6. Description of content: This standard applies to the packing of fireworks products other 
than black powder, pyrotechnic composition as well as the ignition fuse.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
The packing of fireworks is vitally important fo r the safety of storage, transport and setting 
of fireworks. Compared with other products, as flammable and explosive goods, fireworks 
have great different demands on packing. To prepare such a packing standard for 
fireworks will fill a vacancy in the national fireworks standards, provide administrative 
departments, other departments that the Standard is applicable to, and enterprises with standards and rules to follow, and further improve the system of fireworks standards to maintain the safety of products and to protect consumers' human and property safety.  
Emergency notification reason: during the Spring Festival, sales of fireworks are at high 
peak. Thus issuing and publicizing the standard before the 2015 Spring Festival (early February 2015), will promote the implementation  of standards and has positive effect to 
reduce the occurrence of safety accidents. 
8. Relevant documents:   
 GB/T 191 Packing and Storage Labelling; 
 GB/T 462 Determination of Analyzed Sampling Moisture of Paper, Paperboard and 
Pulp; 
 GB/T 2679.7 Determination of Punc ture Strength of Paperboard; 
 GB/T 4857.4 Packing – Basic Tests of Transportation Packages Part IV: 
Compression and Stacking Tests Using a Compression Tester; 
 GB/T 4857.7 Packing – Basic Tests of Transp ortation Packages Part VII: Sinusoidal 
Frequency Vibration Test Method; 
 GB 10631 Safety and Quality for Firework; 
 GB 12463 General Technical Conditions of Transport Packing for Dangerous Goods; G/TBT/N/CHN/1071 
 
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    GB 19270 Safety Specification of Inspecti on on Packing of Waterborne Dangerous 
Goods; 
 GB 19359 Safety Specification of Inspection on Packing of Dangerous Goods 
Transported by Railway; 
 GB 19433 Safety Specification of Inspecti on on Packing of Airborne Dangerous 
Goods; 
GB 24426 Labelling for Fireworks.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 4 February 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2016   
10. Final date for comments: - 
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: 
WTO/TBT National Notification  and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China 
Tel.: +86 10 84603950/84603882 
Fax: +86 10 84603811 E-mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn   
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