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11 May 2020  
(20-3518) 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):  Electric 
instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating 
apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electro -thermic hair -dressing apparatus 
(for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong h eaters) and hand dryers; electric 
smoothing irons; other electro -thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; 
electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 85.45 (HS 8516)  
Energy and heat transfer engineering in general (ICS 27.010)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National 
Standard of the P.R.C., Minimum Allowable Values of Energy Efficiency and Energy 
Efficiency Grades for Electric Pressure Cookers (6 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of conten t: This standard specifies the energy efficiency grade, energy 
efficiency limit value and test method of electric pressure cooker.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  12 months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/CHN/1421  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] 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/2 0_3134_00_x.pdf  
 