. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/33 
13 September 2006 
 (06-4352) 
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 SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Department of Commerce 
Ministry of Economic Affairs No.15, Fujhou Street Taipei 100, Taiwan 
Telephone: (+886-2) 2321 2200 ext. 328 
Fax:  (+886-2) 2392 2944  
E-mail:  jphsiung@moea.gov.tw 
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):    
1. Fabrics (clothing, upholstery), yarns & thre ads for crochet, knit, embroidery and 
sewing. 
2. Bed sheetings, bedspreads, pillowcases, quilt covers, quilt, blankets, cover 
towelings, sleeping bags, pillows, mattresses, cushions, carpets, mats, towels and 
bath-towels. 
3. Tablecloths, napkins, table pads, sofa covers, chair covers, curtains and 
draperies.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Amendments to the 
Labelling Criteria for Textiles 
6. Description of content:   The Labelling Criteria for Tex tiles was amended in August 2006 
to add a requirement for the labelling of te lephone numbers of manuf acturers or importers 
so as to provide the consumers with the n ecessary information about the products.  The 
labelling of this additional info rmation is required to be labe lled on the body of products in 
the form of sewing tags or hang-on tags or labelled on the inner or outer wrappers.  G/TBT/N/TPKM/33 
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  In addition, the labelling of country of origin  shall be made in the form of sewing tags, 
together with other information such as fibre c ontents and care instructions, in a manner that 
the tags are placed in a conspicuous place and the labelled information is not worn-out or 
becomes indelible after washing.  The country of  origin and other information shall also be 
labelled on the outside package for packaged textiles. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer information. 
8. Relevant documents:   The Commodity Labelling Law 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    16 August 2006 
16 February 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification. 
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 Enquiry Point  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  Ministry of Economic Affairs 4 Chinan Road, Section 1 Taipei, 100, Taiwan 
Telephone: (+886-2) 3343-5115 
Fax:  (+886-2) 2343-1804 
E-mail:  tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  English translation available at: 
http://www.bsmi.gov.tw/upload/b05/TBT/member con/AmendmentstotheLabellingCriteriafo
rTextiles.pdf