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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.38
29February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0756)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: HONG KONG
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Trade andIndustry Branch
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): Consumer goods which
aredefined asgoods ordinarily supplied forprivate useorconsumption, including the
packaging inwhich theconsumer goods aresupplied. Goods setoutintheattached
Annex areexempted.
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendments tothe
Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance [CGSO] (6pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Safety labelling requirement inbothEnglish andChinese
Allconsumer goods covered bytheCGSO which carry safety labels should have the
labels provided inboth official languages, namely English andChinese, when the
concerned products areputonsaleintheHong Kong market.
7. Objective andrationale: Toenhance thesafety ofconsumers
8. Relevant documents: Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance, Chapter 456oftheLaws of
Hong Kong
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Amendments willbemade tothe
Ordinance bymid-1996. However, theywillonlycome intoeffect afterthelapse ofa
12-month grace period.
10. Final dateforcomments: 30April 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Trade andIndustry Branch
Government Secretariat
Lower Albert Road
Hong Kong Fax: +852 2869 4420
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ANNEX
Goods which falloutside theambit oftheConsumer Goods Safety Ordinance aresetoutin
theSchedule totheOrdinance. AcopyoftheSchedule isreproduced below:
SCHEDULE
Thefollowing arenotconsumer goods within themeaning ascribed bySection 2ofthis
Ordinance:
(a) Food andwater;
(b) pleasure craftandsimilar vessels;
(c) aircraft (other thanhang-gliders);
(d) motor vehicles;
(e) gas,liquefied petroleum gascontainers, gasappliances, gasfittings andflexible gas
tubing, asdefined under theGasSafety Ordinance (Cap. 51)
(f) electrical products;
(g) pesticides;
(h) tobacco andtobacco products;
(i) pharmaceutical products, poisons andantibiotics;
(j) traditional Chinese medicines;
(k) toysandchildren 'sproducts within themeaning oftheToys andChildren 'sProducts
Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424);
(i) anyother goods thesafety ofwhich iscontrolled byspecific legislation.