. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/232 
16 November 2006 
 (06-5558) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Standardization Administration of China (SAC) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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):   Hot chamber die casting 
machine, cold chamber die casting machine (ICS : 25.120.300;  HS: 8454). 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   National Standards of 
the P.R.C., Safety Requirements for High Pressure Metal Die casting Units (24 pages, in 
Chinese). 
6. Description of content:   This standard provides the requirements to be met by 
manufacturers to ensure the safety of persons during manufacturing, transportation, commissioning, use, de- commissioning and maintenance periods, as well as in the event of foreseeable faults or malfunctions which may o ccur in the equipment.  It defines the safety 
requirements at all stages in the life of the equipment and its design, arrangement, 
manufacture and use.  This standard assumes foreseeable access from all direction, and 
deals with the identified hazards described  in chapter 4, and specifies the safety 
requirements. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect the human safety 
8. Relevant documents:   EN61310 - 1: 1995: Safety of m achinery – Indication, marking and 
actuating principles – Part 1: Visual, audible and tactile signals. 
EN574:1992: Safety of machinery – Two-hand control devices-Functional aspects-Principle 
for design. 
EN614 - 1:1995: Safety of machinery - Part  1: Terminology and general principals. 
EN1005-1:1995: Safety of machinery – Human physical performance - Part 1: Terms and 
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  EN1005-2:1995: Safety of machinery – Huma n physical performance - Part 2: Manual 
handling of items associated to machinery. 
EN1005-3:1995: Safety of machinery – Human physical performance - Part 3: 
Recommended force limits for machine operation. 
prEN1265:1995: Noise test code for foundry machines and equipment.  
EN61496 - 1:1997: Safety of machinery – Electrosensitive protective equipment - Part 1: 
general requirements and test. 
EN61496 - 2:1997:Safety of machinery – Electrosensitive protective equipment - Part 2: 
Particular requirements for equipment usi ng active opto-electronic protective devices. 
ISO7745:1993:Hydraulic fluid power-Fire resistant(FR) fluids, Guides for use. 
ISO/TR11688-1:1995:Acoustics for the design of low noise machinery and equipment-Part 
1: Planning. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    90 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat 
6 months after adoption 
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 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People’s Republic of China 
Tel: +86 10 82260618 Fax: +86 10 82262448 
E-mail:  tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn