. /.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/IT/SPEC/Q4/12
5 June 2002
(02-3123)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion
of Trade in Information Technology ProductsOriginal:  English
SURVEY ON EMC/EMI
Replies to the Survey
Communication from the Separate Customs Territory of
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
The following communication, dated 30 May 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.
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1. (a) Does your government have mandatory technical requirements for
electromagnetic interference of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please
identify.
The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu has mandatory
technical requirements for electromagnetic interference of Information Technology
equipment.  They are required to meet the requirements of the Chinese National Standard
(CNS) 13438.
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 22?  If not, please explain the
current requirements.
These technical requirements are harmonized with CISPR22.
2. (a) Does your government have mandatory technical requirements for
electromagnetic immunity of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please identify.
At present, three is no mandatory technical requirement for electromagnetic immunity of
Information Technology equipment.
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 24?  If not, please explain the
current requirements.
Not applicable.
3. (a) What conformity assessment procedure for electromagnetic compatibility
(EMC/EMI), which includes both interference and immunity, does your government
require for approval of information technology products?
For IT products, the importers and local manufactures must first obtain test reports from the
designated testing laboratories recognized by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and
Inspection (BSMI).  The BSMI will issue EMC certificate after reviewing the test reports.G/IT/SPEC/Q4/12
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The products can then follow the normal procedure for customs clearance and be placed on
the market for sale.
(b) May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g. testing, declaration of conformity),
or must third parties perform these procedures?
There are 19 items of IT products announced to be applicable to the declaration of conformity
procedure from January 2002.  However, product testing should be carried out by a
designated testing laboratory recognized by the BSMI.
(c) What international guidelines or standards, if any, are those procedures based
on?  If not, what guidelines or standards are they based on ?
Laboratory accreditation is based on ISO/IEC 17025.
4. Has your regulatory authority received any complaint or had any problems regarding
the EMC/EMI aspects of the approved information technology products?  If yes, howfrequent?  And please identify the nature of the complaint/problem.
So far, we have not yet received any complaints or any problems regarding the EMC aspects
of the approved information technology products.
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