G/TBT/N/CHN/1193  
 
16 February 201 7 
(17-0944) 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:  Standardization Administration of Chin a (SAC)  
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 Articl e 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):  Vehicle of category M2 
or M3 and school bus . Tractors ( other than tractors of heading 87.09). (HS: 8701), Motor 
vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver. (HS: 8702), Motor 
cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than 
those of heading  87.02), including station wagons and racing cars. (HS: 8703), Motor 
vehicles for the transport of goods. (HS: 8704), Special purpose motor vehicles, other than 
those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown 
lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles, concrete - mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, 
spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units). (HS: 8705), Chassis fitted 
with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05. (HS: 8706),  Bodies 
(including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05. (HS: 8707), Parts and 
accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05. (HS: 8708), Works trucks, 
self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the  type used in factories, 
warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the 
type used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles. (HS: 8709) . Buses 
(ICS: 43.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages  and la nguage(s)  of the notified document:  National Standard 
of the P.R.C., Specifications for Extinguishing Equipment Arrangement in Bus  (7 pages, in 
Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  All the technical contents of this standard are mandatory , 
includi ng the ba sic technical requirements, application requirements of portable 
extinguisher, application requirements of superfi ne powder extinguishing device, other 
requirements and transitional period.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urge nt proble ms where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  -  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months after adoption  G/TBT/N/CHN/1193  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat  
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:   
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the Pe ople's Republic of China  
Tel.: +86 10 84603950/84603889  
Fax: +86 10 84603811  
E-mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn   
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