. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/TPKM/123 
9 July 2012  
 (12-3649) 
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:  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 Tel.:  (+8862) 2343 4510 Fax:: (+8862) 3343 3991 
E-mail:  jack.cheng@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 [   ], 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):  Uninterruptible power 
systems (UPS) products (HS:  Chapter 85). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public Notice under the 
Commodity Inspection Act (2 pages in Chinese,  English translation available).      G/TBT/N/TPKM/123 
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  6. Description of content:  The uninterruptible power syst ems (UPS) products have been 
subject to mandatory inspection under Commodity  Inspection Act by the Bureau of Standards 
Metrology and Inspection (BSM I) since 11 December 1996. The cu rrent testing requirements 
for uninterruptible power systems (UPS) produc ts contain electromagnetic compatibility 
(EMC) with standards of CNS 13438 (2006) (harmonized with CISPR 22
 F2005) and 
CNS 14757-2 (2003) (harmonized with IEC 62040- 2:F1999) and electric al safety with 
standards of CNS 14336-1 (2010) (harmo nized with IEC 60950-1:2005), CNS 14843-1 
(2004) (harmonized with IEC 62040-1-1) and CNS 14843-2 (2004) (harmonized with 
IEC 62040-1-2: 2008). TPKM intends to adopt th e revised electroma gnetic compatibility 
(EMC) standard CNS 14757-2 (2010) (harmonized with IEC 62040-2  F2005) and the 
electrical safety standards CNS 14843-1 (2004)  and CNS 14843-2 (2004) for uninterruptible 
power systems (UPS) products from 1 March 2013. The conformi ty assessment procedure for 
uninterruptible power systems (UPS) produc ts is under the Registration of Product 
Certification (RPC) or th e Type-approved Batch Inspection (TABI) Scheme.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 14843-1 (2004), CNS 14843-2 
(2004), CNS 14757-2 (2010)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined  
1 March 2013 
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 addres ses, 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 Tel.:  (+886 2) 2343 1801 Fax:  (+886 2) 2343 1804 E-mail:  tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
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