WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHN/36
13 November 2003
(03-6098)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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 the People’s Republic 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):   Iron and Steel Scraps
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Iron and Steel Scraps
(11 pages, in Chinese)
6. Description of content:
Iron and steel scraps here refer to those for smelting, which are used to be the charge for
steel-making, iron-smelting, casting and ferroalloy-smelting, and those used for
non-smelting with general purpose.
The national regulation of iron and steel scraps specifies the terminologies, definitions,
classifications, technical requirements, test methods, rules of inspection and acceptance,
transportation and quality certificates for iron and steel scraps.
This regulation is compulsory, and Chapter 5 is compulsory.
Iron and steel scraps should be complied with the following requirements:
1. The radioactive material should not be mingled with iron and steel scraps.The radioactive pollution of scrap material should be subject to the following requirements:
− The penetrating radiation of external exposure of iron and steel scraps should not be
greater than 0.46 μ sv/h;
− the detecting value for αsurface radioactive contamination band of iron and steel
scraps should not exceed 0.04Bq/cm
2;  the detecting value for β surface radioactive
contamination band should not exceed 0.4Bq/cm2;G/TBT/N/CHN/36
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− the specific activity for radionuclide of iron and steel scraps should not exceed the
limits specified in GB16487.6.
2. The pernicious material, whose leaching liquor has the thickness of harmful
material exceeding the distinguishing standard value specified in GB5085.3 should not be
mixed to iron and steel scraps.
3. The pernicious material, whose leaching liquor has the thickness of harmful
material exceeding the distinguishing standard value, i.e. pH value not less than 12.5 or not
greater than 2.0 , as specified in GB5085.3, should not be mingled with iron and steel
scraps.
4. The pernicious material, with the content of poly chlorinated biphenyls exceeding
the controlled standard value specified in GB13015, should not be mixed to iron and steel
scraps.
5. The explosive ammunition such as bomb, cannonball and other inflammable and
explosive articles should not be mixed to iron and steel scraps.  The same requirements are
applicable to tubularities with two ends sealed and sealed vessels.
6 The maximum outer dimension of a single iron and steel scrap shall not exceed
1500mm and the single mass shall not exceed 1500kg.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
For the protection of human and livestock safety and of the environment.
8. Relevant documents:
ΓOCT2787—1975  General technical specifications of iron and steel scraps"
JISG2401 ―1979 "Classifications of Iron and Steel Scraps", America Fs ―1991 "Iron and
Steel Scraps".
GB/T222 Methods of sampling steel for determination of chemical composition and
permissible variations for product analysis
GB/T223 Methods for chemical analysis of iron ,steel and alloy
GB/T719 Pig iron － sampling for chemical analysis
GB5085.1 Identification standard for hazardous wastes - Identification for corrosionGB5085.3 Identification standard for hazardous wastes - Identification for extraction 
procedure toxicity
GB13015 Control standard on poly chlorinated biphenyls for wastes
GB16487.6 Environmental protection control standard for imported scrap material -
Iron and steel scraps
SN0570 Rules for the inspection of the radioactive contamination of waste metals
for import
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after the date of notificationG/TBT/N/CHN/36
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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:
China WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point
Tel: +86 10 8226 0618
Fax: +86 10 8226 2448
E-mail:  tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn           