. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/339 
26 February 2008 
 (08-0842) 
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:   CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   State Tobacco Monopoly Administration of  China 
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):   Cigarettes  (ICS: 65.160)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Tolerance Values of 
Volatile Organic Compounds in Cigarette Cart on and Packet Packaging Papers draft 
standard for approval (5 pages, in Chinese). 
6. Description of content:    
Technical requirements 
The technical indexes  for volatile organi c compounds in cigarette carton and packet 
packaging papers is given in the following Table 1.                        Table 1. Technical Indexes for Volatile Organic Compounds in 
Cigarette Carton and Packet Packaging Papers 
 
Serial number compound Structural formula Index (unit: mg/m
2) 
0 Benzene C 6H6 0.01 
1 Ethanol C 2H6O 50.0 
2 Isopropanol C 3H8O 5.0 
3 Acetone C 3H6O 1.0 
4 2-Butanone C 4H8O 0.5 
5 Ethyl acetate C 4H8O2 10.0 
6 Isopropyl 
acetate C5H10O2 5.0 
7 1-Butanol C 4H10O 2.5 
8 1-methoxy-2-
propanol C4H10O2 60.0 
9 Propyl acetate C 5H10O2 50.0 
10 4-methyl-2-
pentanone C6H12O 1.0 G/TBT/N/CHN/339 
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  11 Toluene C
7H8 0.5 
12 Butyl acetate C 6H12O2 5.0 
13 Ethyl benzene C 8H10 0.25 
14 Xylene C 8H10 0.25 
15 Cyclohexanone C 6H10O 1.0 
 
Product quality evaluation rules 
The inspected carton or packet lot shall be re garded as disqualified if one of the following  
testing results appears : 
1. Benzene content ≥ 0.01 mg/m2 
2. The results obtained for  other compounds do not satisfy the following formula 
∑(xi/yi-1)<15.0   
in the formula: i - the serial number in the table above, i=1, 2, 3…15 
x
i - the value determined for each compound, if not detected, x i=0 
yi - the value given in the table above  for each compound,  
xi/yi- 1—ratio exceeded the index, when x i/yi<1, x i/yi -1=0 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect human health and the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    90 days after circulation by the WTO 
Secretariat 
3 months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
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 8226 0618 
Fax: +(86) 10 8226 2448 
E-mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn 
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