. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/35 
29 September 2006 
 (06-4654) 
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:    
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection 
Ministry of Economic Affairs 
4 Chinan Road, Section 1 
Taipei, 100, TAIWAN Telephone: (+886-2) 2343-1908 
Fax:  (+886-2) 3343-3991 
E-mail:  ws.lin@bsmi.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 [ X ], 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):   Electric shredder and 
other digital audio recording appara tus (HS:  Chapters 84 and 85). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Public Notice under 
the Commodity Inspection Ac t (4 pages, in Chinese). 
6. Description of content:   The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Kinmen and Matsu 
intends to regulate electric shredder and ot her digital audio recording as commodities 
subject to inspection. As of 1 July 2007, all such products must be inspected by the Bureau 
of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, and must conform to the safety and EMC 
inspection requirements (except that the dig ital cameras and digital video cameras are 
required to comply with EMC requirements only) when imported or marketed.  All the 
technical requirements for the aforementioned pr oducts are CNS standards that have been 
harmonized with relevant IEC or CISPR standard s.  This notice also provides the applicable 
conformity assessment procedures.  The digita l cameras and digital video cameras will be 
subject to Declaration of Conformity scheme, while others will be subject to a dual-track 
approach to conformity assessment procedures, namely Registration of Product 
Certification or Type-approved Batch Inspection. G/TBT/N/TPKM/35 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:   The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 14408, CNS 14336, CNS 
13439, CNS 13783-1 
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 
Tel.: (+886-2) 2343-1814 
Fax: (+886-2) 2343-1804 E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw 
 
English translation available at: 
http://www.bsmi.gov.tw/upload/b05/TBT/membercon/ProposalforLegalInspectionofElectric
ShredderandOtherDigitalAudioRecorder.pdf