. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/174 
1 December 2005 
 (05-5715) 
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:   Standardization Administration of China (SAC) 
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):   Leather, fur and their 
products used in daily life, such as leather, fur, leather shoes, leather and fur garments, 
leather products, etc., not include the leather pr oducts used in industrial and special sectors.  
(ICS:  59.140.30, 59.140.35, 61.020, 61.040, 61.060;  HS: 4104, 410 5, 4106, 4107, 4108, 
4109, 4110, 4111, 4201, 4202, 4203, 4205, 4302, 4303, 4304, 6403) 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   National Standard of 
the P.R.C., Leather and Fur - Limit of Harmful Matter (8 pages, in Chinese) 
6. Description of content:         
The standard specifies the limit of harmful ma tter and inspection rules for leather and fur 
products.  It is applicable to daily used l eather and fur products (e xclude raw materials), 
leather shoes, leather and fur garments, leathe r furniture and other leather and fur products, 
which are produced, sold and used within the territory of China. 
Chapters 5 and 7 of this standard are mandatory, other chapters are voluntary. 
This standard divides the products into th ree categories: (A) products for baby use, 
(B) products in direct contact with skin, and (C) products in indirect contact with skin. 
Furthermore it accordingly specifies the following relevant limit requirements:  
Items  Kind A Kind B King C 
Formaldehyde 
(mg/kg) ≤ 20 75 300 (white sheared 
sheepskin 600) 
Cleavable arylamines(mg/kg) 
≤ 30 30 30 
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
For the protection of human health 
8. Relevant documents:    
ISO/TS 17234:  2003 Leather - Chemical tests - Determination of certain azo colourants in 
dyed leather 
ISO/TS 17226:  2003 Leather - Chemical tests - Determination of formaldehyde content  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    90 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat 
6 months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by 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) 10 822 60618 
Fax:  (+86) 10 822 62448 
E-mail:  tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn