WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/10.7/N/38
7 November 2002
(02-6132)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
AGREEMENT REACHED BY A MEMBER WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES
ON ISSUES RELATED TO TECHNICAL REGULATIONS, STANDARDS
OR CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
Notification
Under Article 10.7 of the Agreement "Whenever a Member has reached an agreement with
any other country or countries on issues related to technical regulations, standards or conformity
assessment procedures which may have a significant effect on trade, at least one Member party to the
agreement shall notify other Members through the Secretariat of the products to be covered by the
agreement and include a brief description of the agreement."  The following notification under
Article  10.7 has been received.
1. Member notifying:   THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN,
PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
2. Title of the bilateral or plurilateral Agreement: Exchange of Letters between the Taipei
Economic and Cultural Office in Canada and the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei
concerning Mutual Recognition Arrangement for Equipment subject to Electro-Magnetic
Compatibility Regulations
3. Parties to the Agreement: The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu , Canada
4. Date of entry into force of the Agreement: 7 June 2002
5. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading):
This arrangement applies to Information Technology Equipment that has been announced
by both Parties as subject to import inspection.
6. Subject matter covered by the Agreement (technical regulations, standards or
conformity assessment procedures):  Conformity Assessment Procedures (test reports)
7. Brief description of the Agreement: This arrangement covers Information Technology
Equipment from the Parties to the Arrangem ent.  The Parties will mutually accept test
reports for the specified Information Technology Equipment issued by designated
Conformity Assessment Bodies of each Party as demonstration of compliance with
technical regulations, specifications and standards listed in Attachment II of the
Arrangement.
8. Further information available from:
WTO TBT Enquiry Point
Information Center
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and InspectionMinistry of Economic Affairs
4 Chinan Road, Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +(886-2) 2343-1978, 2343-1985
Fax: +(886-2) 3343-5173E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw