  
  
G/TBT/N/CHN/1373  
1 October 2019  
(19-6309) Page: 1/1 
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):  
Regenerative rolling reheating furnaces; Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, 
including incinerators, non -electric (HS 8417); Energy and heat transfer engineering in 
general (ICS 27.010)  
5. Title, number of pages and l anguage(s) of the notified document:  National 
Standard of the P.R.C., The Minimum Allowable Values of Energy Efficiency and the Energy 
Efficiency Grade of Regenerative Rolling Reheating Furnaces (8 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  This standard stipulates the energy efficiency grade, energy 
efficiency limit value and test methods  of regenerative rolling reheating furnaces. This 
standard is applicable to regenerative reheating furnaces  with blast furnace gas and mixed 
gas as fuel, i ncluding push -steel reheating furnaces, walking -beam furnaces  and rotary 
hearth reheating furnaces.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
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 57954630 / 57954627  
Email: tbt@customs.gov.cn  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHN/19_5334_00_x.pdf  
 