G/TBT/N/TPKM/215  
 
21 September 2015  
(15-4833)  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: 
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection 
Ministry of Economic Affairs 4 Chinan Road, Section 1 
Taipei City 100, Taiwan 
Tel: (886-2) 2343-1908 Fax: (886-2) 3343-3991 E-mail: mar.jiman@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, wher e applicable): Network media players 
and projectors (HS: Chapter 85) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Public Notice under 
the Commodity Inspection Act (5 page, in Chinese; English translation available) 
6. Description of content: Having recognized the need to protect consumers and the 
environment from hazards arising from the use of restricted chemical substances, in addition to the current regulated EMC and safety aspe cts of network media players and projectors, 
the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) proposes to require marking of 
presence conditions of restricted substances. Such markings shall be made in accordance with Section 5 of CNS 15663 on the body, packages, stickers or the instruction books of 
the product. For those who utilize websites 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.  
Besides, as wireless network media players and external projectors are prevalently used by 
the general public nowadays, the BSMI would like to extend the current inspection scope to cover such products. For wireless network media players and external projectors, the same conformity assessment procedure for wired network media players and internal projectors 
shall apply, i.e. Registration of Product Certification (RPC) or Type-approved Batch 
Inspection (TABI). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer and environmental protection  G/TBT/N/TPKM/215 
 
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  8. Relevant documents: The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 14336-1 (2010.9), CNS 13438 
(2006.6), CNS 13439 (2004.9), CNS 14408 (2004.10), CNS 15663 (2013.7) Section 5. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 May 2017 
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 
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs 
4 Chinan Road, Section 1 Taipei City 100, Taiwan Tel:(886-2) 3343-5191 
Fax:(886-2) 2343-1804 
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
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