G/TBT/N/CHN/262/R ev.1 
 
17 February 2017  
(17-0958) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 Administratio n of China (SAC)  
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 und er Articl e 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 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):  Vehicle s of category 
M2 or M3 . Tractors (other  than tractors of heading 87.09). (HS: 8701), Motor vehicles for 
the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver. (HS: 8702), Motor cars and 
other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of 
heading 87.0 2), including station wagons and racing cars. (HS: 8703), Motor vehicles for 
the transport of goods. (HS: 8704), Special purpose  motor vehicles, other than those 
principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, 
crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles, concrete - mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying 
lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units). (HS: 8705), Chassis fitted with 
engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05. (HS: 8706), Bodi es (including 
cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05. (HS: 8707), Parts and 
accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05. (HS: 8708), Works trucks, 
self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type  used in factories, 
warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the 
type used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles. (HS: 8709) ; Road 
vehicles in general (ICS: 43.020)  
5. Title, number of p ages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  National Standard 
of the P.R.C., The Safety Requirements for Bus Construction  (57 pages, in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  This notified document specifies the safety requirements for bus 
construction.  This document applies to vehicle s of category M2 or M3, including the trolley 
bus. This document does not apply to the following vehicles: sleeper bus, school bus, 
special bus, and Off -road vehicles.  Compared to the previous version, this version has 
added the construction requirements for light bus, double -deck bus and trolleybus; it also 
added the technical requirements on driver compartment protection and driver seat; 
modified the number and size of exits; revised the technical requirements on passenger 
door(s) and passageways.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of ur gent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/CHN/262/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  -  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel.: +86 10 84603950/84603889  
Fax: +86 10 84603811  
E-mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn  
 
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