. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/43 
20 December 2006 
 (06-6099) 
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) 
41 Jhonghua Road, Section 1, Taipei, 10042, Taiwan 
Telephone: (886-2) 2311-7722 Fax:  (886-2) 2331-7741 
E-mail:  plwei@sun.epa.gov.tw 
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):   Eggs, fresh foods (such 
as vegetables, fruits, meats and sea foods), drie d foods, Sushi, salad, cooled noodles, deli 
and bakery. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposal on the 
Restricted Use of Plastic Trays and Packagi ng. (6 pages in Chinese, English translation 
available). 
6. Description of content:    
• Containers to be regulated:  
1. Plastic trays and boxes used in hypermarke ts and supermarkets for packaging eggs, 
fresh foods, deli and bakery.  
2. Plastic disposable food containers used  in hypermarkets and supermarkets.  
3. Tray, boxes and food containers containi ng PET, PS, PVC, PE or PP are considered 
plastic.  
• Content of the Regulation: hypermarkets and supermarkets shall reduce 25% yearly use 
of the regulated containers.  
• Hypermarkets and supermarkets may use the following approaches to achieving the 
targeted goal of reduction: 
1. Use no trays or boxes. 2 Reduce the weights of regulated containers. 3. Replace regulated containers with containers  made of other materials, such as paper, 
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  • Calculation: Use Reduction Rate = “percenta ge of substitutes used” + “percentage of 
weight reduction of regulated containers”  
• Obligations: hypermarkets and supermarkets  shall submit reduction plans to the local 
Environmental Protection Bureau every year and implement such plans. Hypermarkets and supermarkets sha ll report the reduction rate achieved in the previous year to the 
local Environmental Protection Bureau.  
• Penalties: Violators shall be imposed a fine at the amount from NTD 30,000 to 150,000 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Resource conservation and waste reduction 
8. Relevant documents:   Resources Recycling Act 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined  
1 July 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
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 Enquiry Point  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs 4 Chinan Road, Section 1, Taipei, 100, Taiwan  Telephone: +(886-2) 2343-1814 
Fax:  +(886-2) 2343-1804 
E-mail:  tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw