. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/83 
21 April 2010  
 (10-2035) 
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 (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Finance 
3F, 2 Ai Kuo West Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan 
Tel.:  (+886 2) 2322 7443 
Fax:  (+886 2) 2357 8380 Email:  mavis@mail.nta.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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Alcohol products 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  Draft Amendments to 
the Tobacco and Alcohol Administration Act (40 pages in Chinese).     
6. Description of content:  In order to enhance the protection of consumers, the following 
supplementary labelling requireme nts for alcohol products are added to the aforesaid draft 
amendments:  
(1) For alcohol products in a plastic or paper container, the expirati on date or bottling date 
shall be indicated, and the period of validity shall also be included if the bottling date is 
indicated on the label; 
(2) Labelling is prohibited to use wording clai ming that products have medical or health 
care effects. Similarly, associated phrases or images which suggest or imply medical or 
health care effects are also prohibited.  Fo r imported alcohol products, the contents of 
labelling in the Chinese language may not incl ude items not printed on the original label; 
(3) Alcohol producers using other producers' products to process or manufacture alcohol 
products may not use wording indicating the orig in, flavour, or any other phrases related to 
the original alcohol. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer information  G/TBT/N/TPKM/83 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Draft Amendments to the Tobacco and Alcohol Administration Act 
(Article related to labelling re quirements on alcohol products.  Three pages of the English 
translation of Article 33 which sets forth la belling requirements for alcohol products are 
available).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date 
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  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs 4 Chinan Road, Section 1, Taipei, 100, Taiwan Tel.:  (+886-2) 3343-5140 Fax:  (+886-2) 2343-1804 
E-mail:  tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw 
And can also be downloaded here: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/tpkm/10_1483_00_e.pdf