. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHN/29
30 July 2003
(03-4059)
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 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):   Black and white analog
copier and black and white single functional digital copier using electrostatic copying
process with a copying rate not more than 70 copies/minute (except for assistant
equipments, such as electrograph, page setter, folder, binder and so on).
HS code:  90091190/1290/2190.          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   China National
standard: Environmental Protection Requirements of Copying Machines:  Environmental
Protection Requirements of Electrostatic Process Copier (25 pages, in Chinese)           
6. Description of content:   It adopts with modification the standard of Blue Angel Mark of
German “Basic Criteria for the Award of the Environmental Label Copiers”  RAL-UZ62:
1998.
The standard prescribes the emission concentration limits of ozone, dust, styrene, etc.  It
also stipulates the design requirements for materials of parts and assemblies  of electrostatic
process copier, for machines and consumables.          
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To improve the operators’ health level  and to protect environment.          
8. Relevant documents:   RAL-UZ62:  1998  Blue Angel Mark “Basic Criteria for the Award
of the Environmental Label Copiers”.
GB/T5748-1985  Methods for airborne dust measurement in workplace.
GB/T14670-1993  Air quality - Determination of styrene - Gas chromatography.
GB/T15438-1995  Ambient air - Determination of ozone - Ultraviolet photometric method.
GB/T18313-2001(idtISO7779:  1999)  Acoustics - Measurement of airborne noise emitted
by information technology and telecommunications equipment.          G/TBT/N/CHN/29
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat
Proposed date of entry into force:  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:
China WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point
Tel: +86 10 82260618
Fax: +86 10 82262448
E-mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn