WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHN/9
9 August 2002
(02-4379)
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):   Motorcycles and
mopeds, HS:  8711.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   National Standard of
the People’s Republic of China, “Limits and Measurement Methods for Exhaust Emissions
from Motorcycles and Mopeds at Idle Speed” (draft), (4 pages, in Chinese).
6. Description of content:   The national standard provides for the limits and measurement
methods for exhaust emissions from motorcycles at idle speed.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To control the environment pollution by exhaust emissions from the motorcycles and
mopeds, to protect air and environment.
8. Relevant documents:   Public Notice of the Standardization Administration of the People’s
Republic of China, reference No. to be decided.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 September 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2003
10. Final date for comments:   25 September 2003
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:           