WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHN/3
21 June 2002
(02-3448)
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:   Ministry of Health
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):   Sterilizing products,
including sanitary articles, disposable medical articles, disinfectant, sterilizing medical
apparatus, etc.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Administrative
Measures on Sterilizing, Chinese, (10 pages, in Chinese)
6. Description of content:    The Measures provides for sanitary requirements for sterilization,
requirements for provision of sterilizing services.
Specific requirement related to the TBT Agreement is that sterilizing products shall meet
relevant criteria, requirements and standards of the State.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To protect people's lives and public health.
8. Relevant documents:   Decree of Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China,
[2002] No. 27
9. Proposed date of adoption:  28 March 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   30 June 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
China WTO Notification and Enquiry Center
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC)
2,Dong Chang An Avenue,
Beijing 100731, China
Tel: +86-10—6519 7762, 6519 7306
Fax: +86-10-6519 7310
Email: wtonoti@moftec.gov.cn