. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/HKG/41 
13 January 2012  
 (12-0196) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  HONG KONG, CHINA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Water Supplies Department 
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 
48/F, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, 
Hong Kong Tel.:  (+852) 2829 4422 Fax:  (+852) 2802 2579 Email:  mailto:wels_consultation@wsd.gov.hk  
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 [   ], 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):  Urinal Equipment  (HS:  
6910 1000 and 7324 9000) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Hong Kong 
Voluntary Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme on Urinal Equipment (33 pages, including 
annexes in English). 
6. Description of content:  Hong Kong, China will introduce a voluntary water efficiency 
labelling scheme on urinal equipmen t.  Manufacturers, im porters or other related parties in the 
sanitary wares business can apply for registration of their urinal  equipment under the scheme.  
Urinal equipment complying with the performan ce requirements will be  registered under the 
scheme and will be rated to di fferent water efficiency grades according to their water flush 
volumes per cycle.  Registered urinal equipment will be allowed to affix water efficiency labels of specified format to them showing their water efficiency grades and water flush 
volumes per cycle.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
(a) To provide the consumers with th e information on the levels of water 
 consumption and efficiency ratings of the urinal equipment;  G/TBT/N/HKG/41 
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  (b) To facilitate consumers to select water efficient urinal equipment; 
(c) To promote public awar eness on water conservation an d efficiency issues; and 
(d) To achieve actual water saving. 
8. Relevant documents:   -   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days after circulation by the WTO 
Secretariat    
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Water Supplies Department 
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 48/F, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai 
Hong Kong Tel.:  (+852) 2829 4422 
Fax:  (+852) 2802 2579 
Email:  mailto:wels_consultation@wsd.gov.hk  
The scheme document is uploaded to the foll owing link and should be opened with the 
password “urinal: 
http://www.wsd.gov.hk/filemanager/en/share /wels/wel_scheme_doc_urinal_equipment.pdf