. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/23 
31 August 2005 
 (05-3789) 
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:         
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection Ministry of Economic Affairs 
4 Chinan Road, Section 1, Taipei, 100, Taiwan 
Telephone: (+886 2) 2343 1993 
Fax:  (+886 2) 2343 1989 E-mail:  belinda.ha@bsmi.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 [ 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):   General 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Draft Amendments to 
the Commodity Inspection Act (13 pages, in  Chinese, English translation available) 
6. Description of content:   For the purpose of facilitating trade and expediting customs 
clearance, draft amendments are proposed to the Commodity Inspection Act to consolidate 
the provisions to streamline the physical operations. The proposal includes deletion of 1 Article, revision of 19 Articles and addition of 5 Articles.  A summary of the draft 
amendment is described below: 
1. To relax border control by shortening the pr ocess required for products to be placed on 
the market. 
2. To prohibit display of non-compliant comm odities by distributors so as to reduce the 
possibility of such products to be placed on the market for circulation. 
3. To require disclosure of accurate testing results by manufacturers to reduce the cost of 
consumers spent in verifying the info rmation presented in advertisements. 
To require that manufacturers comply with new inspection standards when it is deemed 
necessary to fulfil the objectives of safety, health, environmental protection, improving the 
efficiency of resource utilization, or other public welfare purposes. G/TBT/N/TPKM/23 
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
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 
Chinese description available at: 
http://www.bsmi.gov.tw/upload/b05/TB T/notificati/ROC/TPKM23chinese.pdf