Proposal for amendment to the legal inspection requirements of pressure cookers for domestic use  
 
By the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)  
 
Introduction:  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) propose s to revise the inspection standards for 
pressure cookers for domestic use  to take into account technology advances and consistency of regulatory 
management. The following  are summaries of the proposed requirements:  
1. To adopt the most recent version  (CNS 12574 ) of national standards for pressure cookers for domestic use  ; 
and 
2. To expan d the scope of pressure cookers to cover those with inside volume less than 25 liters (the current 
scope being less than 10 liters ). 
 
Proposed date of implementation : 
1 July 2018  
 
Products (HS/CCCN codes) covered and their applicable inspection standard s: 
Updated  Superseded  
Description of Goods  Inspection 
standards  Reference  C.C.C. 
Code  (the first 6 
digits being the 
same as HS Code)  Description of Goods  Inspection 
standards  C.C.C. Code (the 
first 6 digits being 
the same as HS 
Code)  
Pressure cookers 
for domestic use  
(inspection scope: 
only those inside 
volume less than 
25 liters) CNS 12574(2016)  7323.91.00.00.6  
7323.92.00.00.5  
7323.93.00.00.4  
7323.94.00.00.3  
7323.99.00.00.8  
7418.10.00.40.2  
7615.10.90.00.2  Table,  kitchen or 
other household 
articles and parts 
thereof,  of cast 
iron,  not  
enamelled   
(inspection scope: 
only  those  inside 
volume less than 
ten lit ers 
household 
pressure cooking 
pots)  CNS 12574(2004)  
7323.91.00.00.6  
Table,  kitchen or 
other household 
articles and parts 
thereof,  of cast 
iron,  enameled   
(inspection scope: 
only those  inside CNS 12574(2004)  
7323.92.00.00.5  volume less than 
ten lit ers 
household 
pressure cooking 
pots)  
Table,  kitchen or 
other household 
articles and parts 
thereof,  of 
stainless steel 
(inspection scope: 
only those  inside 
volume less than 
ten lit ers 
household 
pressure cooking 
pots)  CNS 12574(2004)  
7323.93.00.00.4  
Table,  kitchen or 
other household 
articles and parts 
thereof,  of iron 
(other than cast 
iron) or steel,   
enameled    
(inspection scope: 
only those  inside 
volume less than 
ten lit ers 
household 
pressure cooking 
pots)  CNS 12574(2004)  
7323.94.00.00.3  
Other table,  
kitchen or other 
household articles 
and parts thereof,  
of iron or steel  
(inspection scope: 
only those  inside 
volume less than 
ten lit ers 
household 
pressure cooking 
pots)  CNS 12574(2004)  
7323.99.00.00.8  
Table, kitchen or 
other household 
articles and parts 
thereof, of copper CNS 12574(2004)  
7418.10.00.40.2  (inspection scope: 
only those  inside 
volume less than 
ten lit ers 
household 
pressure cooking 
pots)  
Table, kitchen or 
other household 
articles and parts 
thereof, of 
aluminium  
(inspection scope: 
only those  inside 
volume less than 
ten lit ers 
household 
pressure cooking 
pots)  CNS 12574(2004)  
7615.10.90.00.2  
Related requirements : 
1. The revised inspection standards of the commodities listed above will come into force  on the date of announcement 
and the current  inspection standards  will become in valid on 1  July 2018. The conformity assessment procedures will 
remain the same , the Registration of Product Certi fication  (RPC)  scheme  or the Batch -by-Batch  Inspection  (BBI) 
scheme.  Products that use  the RPC scheme can be displayed or sold  on the domestic market  only  after having 
obtained the RPC certificate . 
2. The import  code of the listed commodities is C02.  
3. Processing of RPC certificates:  
(1) New applicants:  
a. For pressure cookers with inside volume less than 10 liters for domestic use, if the application is made and 
approved before 30 June 2018 based on the old version of inspection standards, the expiry date of t he 
certificate will be 30 June 2018.  
b. From the date of publication of the measure, if the application is made based on the revised inspection 
standard, it shall be accompanied by type -approval report demonstrating compliance with the revised 
inspection stan dard and relevant technical documents. The expiry date of the certificate will be 30 June 2021.  
(2) Certificate holders:  
a. If an extension of the certificate is made based on the old version of the inspection standards and is duly 
approved, the expiry date will be 30 June 2018.  
b. Certificate holders shall apply to the BSMI before 30 June 2018 for replacement of certificates. If the 
application is approved, the expiry date of the new certificate will be 30 June 2021.  
c. Certificates that are not replaced before 30 June  2018 will be rescinded in accordance with Paragraph 9, Article 
42 of the “Commodity Inspection Act.”  
4. Inspection fees of the listed products will be collected based on the “Regulations Governing Fees for 
Commodity Inspection.”  5. Type -test fees of the product s will be collected by the testing facilities in accordance with their respective 
rates.  
6. The inspection standards  of the commodities listed in the table shall be the version published in this 
announcement. If any updated version is available, the BSMI shal l publish the implementation date of the 
updated version in further announcements.  
7. The C.C.C. Code  listed in the table is used for reference only. The commodities listed in the table shall  still 
complete the inspection  procedures before entering into the m arket even though their C.C.C. Code s are 
identified differently by the Customs Administration, Ministry of Fina nce, or Bureau of Foreign Trade, 
Ministry of Economic Affairs.