G/TBT/N/PAK/122  
8 February 2021  
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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:  PAKISTAN   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority  
WTO TBT National Enquiry Point  
PSQCA Complex, Gulistan -e-Johar  
Karachi, Pakistan  
Tel.: (+92) 21 99261878  
E-mail: tbt@psqca.com.pk   
Website: http://www.psqca.com.pk/  
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 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Electric 
Irons for Household or Similar Use PS: 185 ICS No. 97.060  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Electr ic Irons 
for Household or Similar Use PS: 185 ICS No. 97.060 (52 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Pakistan Standard was adopted by the authority of the 
Board of Directors for Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority after the d raft 
prepared by the Technical Committee for "Electrical appliances and accessories (ENSC -
3)" had been approved and endorsed  by the National Standards Committee on 9 January 
2020.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This International Standard applies to electric irons for household or similar 
use. The purpose of this document is to state and define the principal performance 
characteristics of electric irons for household or similar use which are of interes t to the 
user and to describe the standard methods for measuring these characteristics. Electric 
irons covered by this standard include  
• Dry irons;  
• Steam irons;  
• Vented steam irons with motor pump;  
• Spray irons;  G/TBT/N/PAK/122  
 
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  • steam  irons with separate  water  reservoir  or boiler/generator having a  capacity 
not exceeding 5l.  
Performance requirements ; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority  
WTO TBT National Enquiry Point  
PSQCA Complex, Gulistan -e-Johar  
Karachi, Pakistan  
Tel.: (+92) 21 99261878   
E-mail: tbt@psqca.com.pk   
Website: http://www.psqca.com.pk/  
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