. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/182 
16 January 2006 
 (06-0186) 
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:   General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and 
Quarantine (AQSIQ) 
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):   Commodities 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulations on the 
Implementation of the Law of the People' s Republic of China on Import and Export 
Commodity Inspection (17 pages, in Chinese)      
6. Description of content:   This regulation is the amendment of the Regulations on the 
Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Inspection of Import 
and Export Commodities  promulgated in October 1992 .  This amendment is mainly based 
on (1) the WTO/TBT Agreement, the WTO/SPS Agreement; (2) the Law of the People's 
Republic of China on the Inspection of Import and Export Commodities .  The main contents 
of the amendment are as follows: (1) clearly speci fies that the aim of enforcing inspection of 
import and export commodities is for the protec tion of human, animal and plant safety and 
health, the protection of environment, th e prevention of deceptive practices and the 
maintaining of national security.  And accord ing to these principles, the AQSIQ shall 
develop and adjust the catalogue of commodities subject to inspection;  (2)  clearly specifies 
the basis and procedures etc. for carrying out the inspection of import and export 
commodities;  (3) clearly specifies that the c ontents of inspection shall be conformed with 
the requirements of safety, sanitation, health , environmental protection and the prevention 
of deceptive practices, etc.;  (4) clearly speci fies that the inspection and supervision mode 
shall be determined according to the inte rnationally common practiced conformity 
assessment procedures and carry out inspection on import and expert commodities;  (5) adds 
the provision of measures for facilitating trade,  simplifying procedures, facilitating import 
and export and adopting electronic and informa tion technological management;  (6) further 
clarifies the stipulations for other relative measures on supervision and administration, as 
well as corresponding legal liabilities. G/TBT/N/CHN/182 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
For the protection of human, animal and pl ant safety and health, the protection of 
environment and preventing deceptive practices 
8. Relevant documents:   Gazette of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    31 August 2005 
1 December 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
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 National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People’s Republic of China 
Tel:  (+86) 10 822 60618 
Fax:  (+86) 10 822 62448 
E-mail:  tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn  
The electronic version of this document can be downloaded at: http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2005-09/15/content_63637.htm