G/TBT/N/CHN/1139  
 
19 October 2015  
(15-5497)  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: General Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and 
Quarantine 
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 [ ], 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): Consumer products – 
Electrical & electronic products, products for children (ICS: 25;29;31;33;35) (HS: 84;85;39;48;61;62;87;94;95). Plastics and articles thereof (HS: 39), paper and 
paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS: 48), articles of apparel 
and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS: 61), articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS: 62), nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and 
mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS: 84), electrical machinery and equipment and 
parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such ar ticles (HS: 85), vehicles other than railway 
or tramway rolling- stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS: 87), furniture; bedding, 
mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name- plates and the like; prefabricated buildings (HS: 94), toys, games and sports requisites; parts and 
accessories thereof (HS: 95); Manufacturing engineering (ICS: 25) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulation on the 
Administration of Recall of Defective Cons umer Products (10 pages, in Chinese) 
6. Description of content: This regulation specifies the recall conditions of defective 
consumer products, liability subject of recall, recall obligations of manufacturer and operator, 
supervisory responsibility of government authorities, and stipulates recall procedures, legal liability of manufacturer and supervisory staff, etc. and aims to further improve the 
administrative system of defective consumer products recall.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents: Provisions on the Administration of Recall of Defective Toys for 
Children 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
Proposed date of entry into force: 3 months after adoption   G/TBT/N/CHN/1139 
 
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  10. Final date for comments: 60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
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:  
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/CHN/15_4151_00_x.pdf