G/TBT/N/TPKM/313  
 
15 January 2018  
(18-0402) 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  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
4 Chinan Road, Section 1  
Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886 -2) 2343 -4539  
Fax: (886 -2) 3343 -3991  
E-mail: wing.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 above:   
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): 
Ventilators/Exhaust hoods (inspection scope: rated voltage not exceeding single -phase 
250V AC, including those wit h/charged with a AC to DC adapter) ; - Hoods having a 
maximum horizontal side not exceeding 120 cm (HS 841460).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposal for 
Amendment to Legal Inspection Requirements of Ventilators/Exhaust Hoods (5 page(s), in 
English; 4 page(s), in Chinese)    
6. Description of content: In response to the concerns raised by consumers for the 
performance of kitchen ventilators to reduce cooking oil fume exposure resulted from our 
traditional cooking style, which is also significantly associated with lung cancer, the Bureau 
of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) proposes to revise the inspection standards 
for ventilators by adding the requirements for wind quantity as stated in Section 3.7 of 
CNS 3805, which specifies a minimum performance at 10 m3/min for single blade and 11.6 
m3/min for double blades. Labelling of the win d quantity is not required. However, where 
wind quantity is labelled, the test result shall not be lower than 95 percent of the labelled 
value.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  The Commodity Inspection Act; CNS 38 05 (1989) Section 3.7 
"Wind Quantity".   G/TBT/N/TPKM/313  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: March 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2019  
10. Final date for comments: 29 January 2019  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
4 Chinan Road, Section 1 Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel.: (+886 2) 2343 1813  
Fax: (+886 2) 2343 1804  
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
 
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