G/TBT/N/TPKM/250  
 
17 October 2016  
(16-5605) 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:  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI)  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel.: (886-2) 2343 -1774 
Fax: (886-2) 2392 -2402 
E-mail: http://www.lan@bsmi.gov.tw   
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 a bove : 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Safety footwear and 
protective footwear (refer to attachment)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document : Public Notice under 
the Commodity Inspection Act (9 pages, in English; 8 pages, in Chinese)  
6. Description of content : Protective footwear and anti -electrostatic footwear are subject to 
mandatory inspection under the Commodity Inspection Act. The current inspection standards 
CNS 6863 on protective footwear and CNS 8878 on anti -electrostatic footwear were replaced 
by CNS 20345 o n personal protective eq uipment -safety footwear (published on 
13 January  2015) and CNS 20346 o n personal protective equipment -protective footwear 
(published on 14 January 2016) to cope with needs evolved over the past 5 years. The BSMI 
intends to adopt CNS 20345 and CNS 20346 sta ndards as the inspection standards.  
The BSMI also revises the description of goods of safety footwear, protective footwear, and 
protective boots for occupational health in the draft measure. The conformity assessment 
procedure for Safety footwear and Prote ctive footwear products will be under the Type -
Approved Batch Inspection (TABI) Scheme or Registration of Product Certification (RPC) 
Scheme, but protective boots for occupational health products remain unchanged.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the  nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents : The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 20345, and CNS 20346  G/TBT/N/TPKM/250  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : 1 January 2018   
10. Final da te for comments : 60 days from notification  
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:  
TPKM -WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology a nd Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng  Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886-2) 33435191  
Fax: (886-2) 23431804  
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw   
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