. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/65 
10 January 2005 
 (05-0090) 
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):   Battery powered and 
internal combustion engine powered industri al trucks for explosive atmospheres.  
(ICS:  29.260.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   General Rules of 
Explosion-Protect Techniques of Industrial Truc ks for Explosive Atmospheres (42 pages, in 
Chinese) 
6. Description of content:   “General rules of explosion-protect techniques of industrial trucks 
for explosive atmospheres” (hereinafter abbrev iated as the Standard) is recently drawn up as 
China National Standard on the basis of European Standard EN1755:  2000 “Safety of industrial trucks - Operation in potentially e xplosive atmospheres - Us e in flammable gas, 
vapour, mist and dust”.  The technical c ontents of the Standard are drafted  according to the 
requirements of EN 1755: 2000.  The compilation structure complies with the requirements of GB.1.1/T- 2000 Directives for standardizati on - Part 1:  Rules for the structure and 
drafting of standards and GB/T 20000. 2 - Guides for standardization - Part 2:  Adoption of 
International Standards. 
Following contents of EN 1755:  2000 were deleted when the Standard was drafted: 
foreword, introduction, type of industrial trucks  listed in scope, contents of restricted 
breathing enclosures and pressurized enclosures and their concerning tests in constructional 
requirements, and annex ZA.  The Standard a dopted the list of hazards of EN 1755: 2000 as 
informative annex and added informative annex C:  Explosion-protect technical 
requirements of battery type power device, in formative annex D:  Discarding and replacing 
battery type power device and informative annex E:  Operation instruction plate. 
The Standard mainly adopts the technical c ontents of EN 1755: 2000 and specifies safety 
requirements and measures, their test methods, required mark and marking plate of 
industrial trucks suitable for operation in e xplosive gas atmospheres zone 1 and 2 and 
combustible dust atmospheres zone 21 and 22. G/TBT/N/CHN/65 
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Annex C of the Standard - Explosion-protect technical requirements specifies the safety 
requirements of power device for battery type industrial trucks suitable for operation in 
explosive gas atmospheres, zone 1. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect human health and safety 
8. Relevant documents:   EN1755:2000 Safety of industrial trucks - Operation in potentially 
explosive atmospheres - Use in flammable gas, vapour, mist and dust. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat  
Proposed date of entry into force:  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:   
China WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point 
Tel.:  +86 10 82260618 
Fax:  +86 10 82262448 E-mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn