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9 November 2020  
(20-7965) 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):  Packaging 
for food and cosmetics sales; Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, 
of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, n.e.s.; box files, letter 
trays, and similar articles, of pa perboard of a kind used in offices, shops or the like 
(HS 4819); Packaging and distribution of goods in general (ICS 55.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National 
Standard of the P.R.C., Requirements of Restricting Excessive Package —Foods and 
Cosmetics (9 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  This standard specifies the terms and definitions, requirements, 
detection, and judgment rules for restr icting excessive packaging of food and cosmetics.  
This standard is applicable to the sales packaging of food and cosmetics, and it is not 
applicable to gifts or products not for sale.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
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/1502  
 
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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_6849_00_x.pdf  
 