G/TBT/N/PAK/165  
9 February 2021  
(21-1073) 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:  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):  Safety of 
amusement rides and amusement devices -Part-2: Operation and use. PS: ISO 17842 -
2:2018; Playgrounds (ICS 97.200.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety of 
amusement rides and amusement devices -Part-2: Opera tion and use. PS: ISO 17842 -
2:2018 ICS No. 97.200.40 (30 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  International Standards are widely adopted at the regional or 
national level and applied by manufacturers, trade organizations, purchasers, consumers,  
testing laboratories, authorities and other interested parties. Since these standards 
generally reflect the best experience of industry, researchers, consumers and regulators 
worldwide, and cover common needs in a variety of countries, they constitute one  of the 
important bases for the removal of technical barriers to trade. This has been explicitly 
acknowledged in the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade of the World Trade 
Organization (WTO TBT Agreement).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This part of ISO 17842 specifies the minimum requirements necessary to 
ensure the safe maintenance, operation, inspection and testing of the following: mobile, 
temporary or permanently installed mac hinery and structures, e.g. roundabouts, swings, 
boats, Ferris wheels, roller coasters, chutes, grandstands, membrane or textile structures, 
booths, stages, side shows, and structures for artistic aerial displays. The above items, 
hereafter called devices , are intended to be installed both repeatedly without degradation 
or loss of integrity, and temporarily or permanently in fairgrounds and amusement parks 
or any other locations. Fixed grandstands, construction site installations, scaffolding, 
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  devices, carrying not more than three children, are not covered by this document; 
Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AylmLZnWAG20Yor0dM1ws72uFKTQp1yF/view?usp=sh
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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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