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9 November 2020  
(20-7968) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization 
Administration of the P.R.C.)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notific ation 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):  Electrical 
and electronic equipment within the field of audio, video, information and communication 
technology, and business and office machines with a rated voltage not exceeding 600V; 
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PA RTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS 
AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, 
AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES (HS 85); Information technology (IT) 
in general (ICS 35.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the no tified document:  National 
Standard of the P.R.C., Audio/video, Information and Communication Technology 
Equipment -Part 1: Safety Requirement (374 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  This part is applicable to the safety of electrical and electronic 
equipment within the field of audio, video, information and communication technology, 
and business and office machines with a rated voltage not exceeding 600V. This document 
includes requi rements of audio/video, information and communication technology 
equipment intended to be installed in outdoor locations. The requirements for outdoor 
equipment also apply, where relevant, to outdoor enclosures suitable for direct installation 
in the field  and supplied for housing audio/video, information and communication 
technology equipment to be installed in outdoor locations. This document does not include 
requirements for performance or functional characteristics of equipment.  
7. Objective and ration ale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/CHN/1504  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel：+86 10 57954631 / 57954627  
E_mail: tbt@customs.gov.cn  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHN/20_6851_00_x.pdf  
 