1 Announcement for Legal Inspection of  Toys Commodities  
By the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs  
 
Background:  
CNS 479 7 has been  adopted as the inspection standard for toys  since 19 87. On 13 January 
2015, the r evised version of CNS 4797 was published. The main modifications of revised CNS 
4797 are (1) changing  limitation of  Formamide  from 2 ppm to 200 ppm; (2) the test methods 
announced by Ministry of Health and Welfare  for food microorganisms  are adopted as bio logical 
safety requirement for toys c ontaining a liquid substance . 
 
Proposed date of implementation:  
 
Products (HS/CCCN  codes ) covered:  
HS/CCCN 3407 .00.10.00 -1 Clay and any object as a playing for children through the age of 14 years 
old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 3824.90.99.90 -2 Fluorescent  bar and any object as a playing for children through the age of 
14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 3918.90.10.00 -4 Colorful plastic plates with prints, figures, or characters and any object as 
a playing for children through the age of 14 years old specified on the toy 
safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 3919.90.90.00 -6 Stickers, tattoo stickers and any object as a playing for children through 
the age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national stand ard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 3923.10.00.00 -6 Plastic piggy bank, popular children ornamental toys and any object as a 
playing for children through the ag e of 14 years old specified on the toy 
safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 3923.50.00.90 -8  Cartoon -patterned lids and any object as a play ing for children through the 
age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 3924.90.00.90 -9 Plastic piggy ban k, popular children ornamental toys and any object as a 
playing for children through the age of 14 years old specified on the toy 
safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 3926.40.00.00 -7 Plastic piggy bank, popular children ornamental toys and any object as a 
playing for children through the age of 14 years old specified on the toy 
safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 3926.90.90.90 -8 Teethe s, swimming belts , inflated boats, swimming vests, and inflated arm 
belts  and any object as a playing for children through the age of 14 years 
old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 4202.22.00.20 -8 Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, including those with out 
handle, with outer surface of textile materials for toys and any object as a 
plaything for children through 14 specified in the toy safety national 
standards CNS 4797)  
HS/CCCN 4202.92.90.92 -7  Other similar containers, with outer surface of textile materials for toys 
and any object as a plaything for children through 14 specified in the toy 
safety national standards CNS 4797)  
HS/CCCN 4821.10.00.00 -7 Stickers, tattoo stickers and any object as a playing for children through 
the age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national stand ard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 4823.90.00.31 -1  Stickers, tattoo stickers and any object as a playing for children through 
the age of 14 years old specifie d on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 4903.00.10.00 -8 Water proof toy books and any object as a playing for children through the  
age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 4908.90.00.00 -6 Stickers, tattoo stickers and any object as a  playing for children through 
the age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797   2 HS/CCCN 4911.91.00.10 -8 Stickers, ta ttoo stickers and any object as a playing for children through 
the age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797 
HS/CCCN 4911.99.00.00 -2 Stickers, tattoo stickers and any object as a playing for children through 
the age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797 
HS/CCCN 6114.30.00.00 -5 Pranks, children ’s costumes and accessories (mask, wigs, fake noses), 
hand -held lantern’s , and any object as a playing for children through the 
age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national s tandard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 6114.90.90.00 -3 Other garments, knitted or crocheted, of other textile materials for toys and 
any object as a plaything for children through 14 specified in the toy safety 
national standards CNS 4797)  
HS/CCCN 6211.43.00.90 -3 Other garments, women’s  or girls, of man -made fibers  for toys and any 
object as a plaything for children through 14 specified in the toy safety 
national standards CNS 4797)  
HS/CCCN 6306.22 .00.00 -3 Play tents and any object as a playing for children through the age of 14 
years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 6306.29.10.00 -4  Play tents and any object as a playing for children through the age of 14 
years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 6306.29.90.00 -7  Play tents and any object as a playing for children through the age of 14 
years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 6307.90.90.90 -1-D Play tents and any object as a playing for children through the age of 14 
years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 6506.99.90.10 -8 Any object as a playing for children through the age of 14 years old 
specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 7326.90.90.90 -6-B Other articles of iron or steel for toys and any object as a plaything for 
children through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 
4797 ,such as toy s of iron or steel, all kinds of toys attached to hanging 
decorations or key rings …etc.). 
HS/CCCN 8306.10.00.00 -3 Bells, gongs, and the like, children’s  costume and a ny object as a playing 
for children through the age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety 
national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 8306.29.00.00 -2 Any object as a playing for children through the age of 14 years old 
specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 8414.59.00.00 -4-B Other fans for toys and any object as a plaything for children through 14 
specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797, such as toy fans …
etc. 
HS/CCCN 8505.11.00.00 -1 Permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets 
after magnetization , of metal  for toys and any object as a plaything for 
children through 14 specified in the toy safety national  standards CNS 
4797, such as magnetic toys …etc. 
HS/CCCN 8505.19.00.00 -3 Permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets 
after magnetization , of other material  for toys and any object as a 
plaything for children through 14 specified in the toy safety national 
standards CNS 4797, such as magnetic toys …etc). 
HS/CCCN 8715.00.00.00 -0-B Any musical boxes toys and any object as a playing for children through 
the age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 9208.10.00.00 -0 Any musical boxes toys and any object as a playing for children through 
the age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.11.00 -1-B  Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children except for baby walkers 
for tricycles, pedal cars (seat height within 43.5cm), el ectric car and 
rocking cars put up for children and any object as a playing for children 
through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.21.00 -9  Dolls, whether or not dressed for dolls representing human creatures, 
finger dolls, wooden dolls / puppet -play figures put up for children and 
any object as a playing for children through 14 specified in the toy safety 
national standards CNS 4797   3 HS/CCCN 9503.00.22.00 -8  Garments and accessories thereof, footwear and headgear of dolls for 
accessories to be sold dir ectly or put up for children, excluding parts and 
semi -finished items sent to factories (plants) for processing  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.23.00 -7  Wigs of d olls for accessories to be sold directly or put up for children, 
excluding parts and semi -finished items sent to factories (plants) for 
processing  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.24.00 -6  Eyes of dolls for accessories to be sold directly or put up for children, 
excluding parts and semi -finished items sent to factories (plants) for 
processing  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.29.00 -1  Other parts and accessories of dolls for accessories to be sold directly or 
put up for children, excluding parts and semi -finished items sent to 
factories (plants) for processing  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.31.00 -7  Toy electric trains for toy trains put up for children with accessories like 
tracks or signals and any object as a playing for children t hrough 14 
specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.41.00 -5 Reduced -size (scale) model assembly kits, whether or not  working models, 
excluding those of subheading No.9503.00 for model toys put up for 
children like ships, cars and airplanes and any object as a playing for 
children through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.51.00 -2  Other construction sets and constructional toys for constructional toy sets 
and constructional blocks put up for children and any object as a pla ying 
for children through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.61.00 -0  Toys representing animals or non -human creatures, stuffed for dolls and 
doll books put up for children and any object as a playing for children 
through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.62.00 -9 Other toys representing animals or non -human creatures, not stuffed for 
toys representing monsters, animals put up for children and any object as a 
playing for children through 14 specified in the toy sa fety national 
standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.71.00 -8  Toy musical instruments and apparatus for imitation toy instruments put up 
for children and any object as a playing for children through 14 specified 
in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.81.00 -6  Puzzles for b locks and puzzles (within 500 pieces) put up for children and 
any object as a playing for children through 14 specified in the toy safety 
national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.91.10 -2  Toy guns, put up in sets or outfits for toys simulating guns put up for 
children [excluding almost firearm replicas and toy firearm intended to 
launch metal objects or bullets] and any object as a playing for ch ildren 
through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.91.20 -0  Radio remote -controlled toys, put up in sets or  outfits for radio 
remote -controlled toys put up for children [excluding those driven by 
fueled engines] and any object as a playing for children through 14 
specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.91.90 -5  Other toys, put up in sets or outfits for plant sets and seal sets put up for 
children, materials to make up toys and any object as a playing for 
children through 1 4 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.92.10 -1  Radio remote -controlled toys and models incorporating a motor f or radio 
remote -controlled motor cars and radio remote -controlled motor airplanes 
put up for children [excluding those driven by fueled engines] and any 
object as a playing for children through 14 specified in the toy safety 
national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.92.90 -4  Other toys and models incorporating a motor for motor cars and motor 
airplanes put up for children and any object as a playi ng for children 
through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.93.10 -0  Toy guns for toys simulating guns put up for children [excluding almost 
firearm replicas and toy firearm intended to launch metal objects or 
bullets] and any object as a playing for children through 14 specified in the 
toy safety national standards CNS 4797   4 HS/CCCN 9503.00.93.20 -8  Other radio remote -controlled toys for radio remote -controlled motor cars 
and radio remote -controlled motor airplanes put up for children [excluding 
those dr iven by fueled engines] and any object as a playing for children 
through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00 .93.30 -6  Inflatable toys for balloons, toy balls and styled inflatable toys put up for 
children and any object as a playing for children through 14 specified in 
the toy safety national standards CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.93.90 -3  Other toys for kites, skipping rope [excluding those with electric counting 
function], marbles, whipping tops, shuttlecocks, diabolos, wave drums, 
hand bells, piggy banks,  bubbling toys, darts / targets (excluding metal 
headed darts), suspended toys added to baby carriages (beds, chairs), sand 
drawing, pictured seal sets, cloth books / instructional blankets, simulated 
computer toys, glow sticks put up for children and any object as a playing 
for children through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 9504.40.00.00 -5 Toy cards, toy paper c ards, toy playing cards, and any object as a playing 
for children through the age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety 
national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9504.90.90.00 -5-B Electric toys like handy electronic video  game boxes, play house, stacking 
game sets, monopoly game sets, roulette game sets, checkers, and any 
object as a playing for children through the age of 14 years old specified 
on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9505.10.00.90 -1 Pranks, children ’s costumes and accessories (mask, wigs, fake noses), 
hand -held lantern’s , and any object as a playing for children through the 
age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 9505.90.00.00 -3 Pranks, children ’s costumes and accessories (mask, wigs, fake noses), 
hand -held lantern’s , and any object as a playing for children through the 
age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 9506.62.90.00 -7 Beach balls, simulated sporting balls for children, and any object as a 
playing for children through the age of 14 years old specified on the toy 
safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9506.69.90.00 -0 Beach balls, simulated sporting balls for children, and any object as a 
playing  for children through the age of 14 years old specified on the toy 
safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9506.91.00.00 -1-A Skipping ropes, sh uttle cocks, boomerangs, f risbee toy, and any object as a 
playing for children through the age of 14 years old specified on the toy 
safety national standard, CNS 4797  
HS/CCCN 9506.99.00.90 -4-B Movable swings, slides, play houses and the like, boomerangs, frisbee, 
children’s water pools, and any object as a playing for children through the 
age of 14 years old specified on the toy safety national stan dard, CNS 
4797  
HS/CCCN 9608.10.00.00 -6 Ball point pens for toys and any object as a plaything for children through 
14 specified in the toy safety national standard  CNS 4797, such as toys 
attached to pens or toy shaped pens …etc. 
HS/CCCN 9608.20.00.00 -4 Felt tipped and other porous -tipped pens  and markers for toys and any 
object as a plaything for children through 14 specified in the toy safety 
national standards CNS 4797, such as toys attached to pens or toy shaped 
pens…etc. 
HS/CCCN 9608.30.10.00 -0  Indian ink drawing pens  for toys and any object as a plaything for children 
through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 4797, such 
as toys attached to pens or toy shaped pe ns…etc. 
HS/CCCN 9608.30.90.00 -3  Other pens for toys and any object as a plaything for children through 14 
specified in the toy safety national st andards CNS 4797, such as toys 
attached to pens or toy shaped pens …etc. 
HS/CCCN 9608.40.00.00 -0 Propelling or sliding pencils for toys and any obj ect as a plaything for 
children through 14 specified in the toy safety national standards CNS 
4797, such as toys attached to pens or toy shaped pens …etc.  5 HS/CCCN 9608.50.00.00 -7 Sets of articles from two or more of the foregoing subheadings for toys 
and any object as a plaything for children through 14 specified in the toy 
safety national standards CNS 4797, such as toys attached to pens or toy 
shaped pens…etc. 
HS/CCCN 9608.99.00.00 -0 Other articles of heading No.96.08 and parts thereof for toys and any 
object as a plaything for children thro ugh 14 specified in the toy safety 
national standards CNS 4797, such as toys attached to pens or toy shaped 
pens…etc 
HS/CCCN 9611.00.10.00 -1 Chop sets, and any object as a playing for children through the age of 14 
years old specified on the toy safety national standard, CNS 4797 T 
The HS/CCCN is for reference only and the scope of toys will be consistent with Article 1 of 
CNS 4797.  
 
Inspection stan dards:  
CNS 4797 “Safety of toys (General requirements) ” 
 
Inspection items:  
According to characteristic property of toy s, the chemical material test s, physical performance 
tests, flammable test s, electric test s, and biological safety test s are included.  
 
Conformity assessment procedures:  
Monitoring Inspection and Registration of Product Certification (RPC) Scheme (Module II + 
III) 
 
 Monitoring Inspection  
Further information on t his procedure is available  on the BSMI web site at  
http://www.bsmi.gov.tw/wSite/public/Attachment/f1265940408125.doc  
 Registration of Product Certification ( RPC ) Scheme  
Under this proc edure, manufacturers must have their products type -tested by the BSMI or 
designated testing laboratories recognized by the BSMI (Module II) before applying for 
registration of their products. Manufacturers or importers will also be required to ensure by 
declaration (Module II I) that all products made at their manufacturing facilities are in 
conformity with the prototypes submitted for type testing in Module II.  
Products will be allowed to use the Commodity Inspection Mark, the letter “R” and the 
identifica tion number given by the BSMI,  after they are certified and registered with the 
BSMI. These products can then pass through customs directly without any further 
inspection.  
 
Further information on this procedure is available  on the BSMI web site at  
http://www.bsmi.gov.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=4452&ctNode=811&mp=2  
 
Locations to apply for Monitoring Inspection or Registration of Product Certification:  
‧The BSMI or its branches.