WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SGP/11 
18 February 2011 
 (11-0838) 
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:  SINGAPORE
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible: 
SPRING Singapore 
1 Fusionopolis Walk #01-02 South Tower, Solaris 
Singapore 138628 
Email: safety@spring.gov.sg 
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [ X ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Toys, children’s products, 
apparel, sports and re creation products, furniture, mattress es and bedding, DIY tools, other 
consumer goods, and Electrical , Electronic and Gas Products th at are not regulated under the 
Consumer Protection (Safety Requi rements) Regulations (Rg 1).  
The following are not covered in the draft Consumer Protection (Consumer Goods Safety 
Requirements) Regulations 2011: (1) Controlled Goods within the meaning of the Consumer Protection (S afety Requirements) 
Regulations (Rg1); 
(2) Used or second-hand goods, provided that before supplying the goods, the supplier has 
informed clearly the person to whom the goods are supplied that the goods are used or second-hand; 
(3) Goods produced solely for export, or imported solely for re-export, to any place outside 
Singapore; 
(4) Any goods which are subject to a nd regulated by the provisions of any of the written laws 
of Singapore; 
(5) Pesticides and vector repellents, which ar e regulated under the Control of Vectors and 
Pesticides Act (Cap. 59); 
(6) Medicinal products which are regulate d under the Medicines Act (Cap. 176); 
(7) Motor vehicles, motorcycle helmets and child restraints, which are regulated under the 
Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276); 
(8) Drugs which are regulated under the Sale of Drugs Act (Cap. 282); 
(9) Meat or fish, which are regulated under th e Wholesome Meat and Fish Act (Cap. 349A). G/TBT/N/SGP/11 
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft Consumer 
Protection (Consumer Goods Safety  Requirements) Regulations 201 1  (4 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:  The Consumer Protection (Consumer  Goods Safety Requirements) 
Regulations 2011 enhances the protection of consumers against unsafe products in Singapore. 
The Regulations will require all consumer goods such as toys, children’s products, apparel, 
sports and recreation products, furniture, mattresses and bedding and DIY tools to be subject 
to post-market surveillance. These cons umer goods are classi fied as follows: 
 "Category 1 goods" means any consumer goods for which safety standards have been 
formulated or adopted and publis hed by any of the following: 
 - The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO); 
- The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); 
- The European Committee for Standardisation; or - ASTM International.  Category 1 goods shall conform to: 
 
(a) safety standards for such goods formulated or adopted and published by: 
(i) ISO and IEC, respectively; 
(ii) The European Committee for Standardisation; or 
(iii) ASTM International; and 
(b) the safety standards and requirements for such goods specified by SPRING 
Singapore and published in its Cons umer Protection (Consumer Goods 
Safety Requirements) Information Booklet. 
"Category 2 goods" means any consumer goods other than Category 1 goods.  Category 2 
goods shall conform to the safety standards fo r such goods that have been formulated or 
adopted and published by any re gional or national standards body. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
objective of the draft Consumer Protecti on (Consumer Goods Safety Requirements) 
Regulations 2011 is to protect consumers agai nst safety hazards posed by unsafe consumer 
goods. Several high-profile case s of product recalls involving consumer goods have shown 
that such goods pose an urgent threat to human safety.  
8. Relevant documents:    
(1) The Consumer Protection (Trade Descrip tions and Safety Requirements) Act  
(2) The draft Consumer Protection (Consumer Goods Safety Requirements) Regulations 
2011.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    30 March 2011   
1 April 2011   
10. Final date for comments:  28 March 2011  G/TBT/N/SGP/11 
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  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:    
SPRING Singapore 
Consumer Product Sa fety Department 
1 Fusionopolis Walk 
#01-02 South Tower, Solaris 
Singapore 138628 Tel.:  (+65) 6279 1841 Fax:  (+65) 6278 9885 Email:  safety@spring.gov.sg