. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/86 
18 June 2010  
 (10-3357) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 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) 2343-1783 Fax:  (+886-2) 3343-3991 
E-mail:  james.wang@bsmi.gov.tw 
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 [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):  De-humidifiers 
(HS Chapters 84 and 85) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public Notice under 
the Commodity Inspection Act (3 pages, in Chinese, English translation available)  
6. Description of content:  The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and 
Matsu intends to amend the re gulation for de-humidifiers as  commodities subject to legal 
inspection by extending the inspection scope  from those that are single phase, not 
exceeding 300V, not exceeding 500W, compression-type to those that are single phase, not 
exceeding 300V, not exceeding 1000W, compression-type.  The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection is proposing that, beginning from 1 March 2011, de-humidifiers 
covered in the new inspection scope must comply with related CNS standards when 
imported or placed on the market.  This noti ce also provides the applicable conformity 
assessment procedures.  Two alternative conformity assessment procedures are available to 
manufacturers and importers at their choice, namely the Registration of Product 
Certification (RPC) or the Type-approv ed Batch Inspection (TABI) Scheme.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection  G/TBT/N/TPKM/86 
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  8. Relevant documents:   The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 12492, CNS 3765 
(harmonised with IEC 60335-1), IEC60335-2-40, CNS 13783-1 (harmonised with CISPR 14-1)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
1 March 2011   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text 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 And can also be downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/tpkm/10_2441_00_e.pdf