G/TBT/N/TPKM/2 61 
 
12 January 2017  
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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  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4 , Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886-2) 2343 -4510 
Fax: (886-2) 3343 -3991 
E-mail: Jackson.chang@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 abov e: 
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) : 7 items of electrical and 
electronic products (HS Chapter 85)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document : Public Notice under 
the Commodity Inspection Act (5 pages, in English; 5 pages, in Chinese)   
6. Description of content : The Bureau of Standards, Metrolo gy and Inspection (BSMI) 
proposes to revise the inspection standards for static converters, power supplies, 
accumulators and battery chargers to take into account technology advances and 
consistency of regulatory management. Below are summaries of the prop osed 
requirements:  
1. To adopt the most recent version of national standards for electrical motorcycles, 
which involve those for static converters (CN S 15425 -1), power supplies 
(CNS 15425 -1) and accumulators (CNS 15424 -1, 15424 -2 and  15387 ); 
2. To provide altern ative inspection standards for 3C battery chargers  (CNS 13783 -1, 
60335 -1 and 60335 -2-29; and  
3. To require marking of presence conditions of 6 hazardous substances (Section 5 of 
CNS 15663, accumulators being exempted from such marking).  
The conformity assessm ent procedure for products subject to this notified measure 
remains the same, i.e. Registration of Product Certification.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : To enhance consumer protection and reduce the u se of restricted chemical 
hazardous substances of electrical and electr onic equipment.  G/TBT/N/TPKM/261  
 
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  8. Relevant documents : The Commodity Inspection Act:  
 CNS 14336 -1 (2010)  
 CNS 14408 (2004  
 CNS 13438 (2006)  
 CNS 15425 -1 (2015)  
 IEC 61558 -1 (2009)  
 CNS 15424 -1 (2015)  
 CNS 15 424-2 (2015)  
 CNS 15387 (2015)  
 CNS 60335 -1 (2014)  
 CNS 60335 -2-29 (2016)  
 CNS 15783 (2013)  
 Section 5 "Marking of presence" of CNS 15663  (2013)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : For the "Marking of Presence," 1 January 2018 ; For 
the revised inspection standards of safety and performance and EMC, 1 January 2019  
10. Final date 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 Stan dards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No. 4 , Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel.: (886-2) 2343 -1813 
Fax: (886-2) 2343 -1804 
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw   
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