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9 November 2020  
(20-7969) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization 
Administration of the P.R.C.)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notific ation 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):  Rock 
Drilling Machinery and Pneumatic Tools.; Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, 
tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; 
pile-drivers and pile -extractors; snowploughs and  snowblowers (excl. those mounted on 
railway wagons, motor vehicle chassis or lorries, self -propelled machinery of heading 
8429, lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery of heading 8425 to 8428 and 
hand-operated tools) (HS 8430); Tools for working  in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or 
with self -contained electric or non -electric motor; parts thereof (HS 8467); Safety of 
machinery (ICS 13.110), Tunnelling and tubing equipment (ICS 73.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National 
Standard of the P.R.C., Rock Drilling Machinery and Pneumatic Tools - Safety 
Requirements (24 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  This standard specifies the general safety requirements 
regarding design, manufacturi ng, use and maintenance of the rock drilling machinery and 
non-electric power tools. It applies to the rock drilling machinery powered by pneumatic, 
electric, hydraulic or internal combustion, tools and machinery driven by compressed air, 
power tools and a uxiliary equipment driven by non electric power.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/CHN/1505  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel：+86 10 57954631 / 57954627  
E_mail: tbt@customs.gov.cn  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHN/20_6852_00_x.pdf  
 