WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.193
15May1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2037)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SINGAPORE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Public Utilities Board (PUB)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Isolating transformers for
usewithdownlight fittings
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: G.N. No.S209/97
Public Utilities (Electricity) (Prescribed Articles) (Amendment) Notification 1997
(1page, English)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisnotification specifies thattheisolating transformer would
become aprescribed article andtherefore itssalewould beregulated inSingapore.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer safety
8. Relevant documents:
1.Public Utilities (Electricity) Regulations 1997 (S67/97)
2.Public Utilities (Electricity) (Prescribed Articles) Notification 1997 (S171/97)
3.IEC742:1983
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 30October 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: