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17 August 2020  
(20-5588) 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:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, 
KINMEN AND MATSU   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI)  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.,  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886 -2) 2343 -1962 
Fax: (886 -2) 2392 -2402 
E-mail: keven.haung@bsmi.gov.tw  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Exterior 
Tile Reference C.C.C. Code is under Chapter 6907  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
Legal Inspection of Exterior Tile (2 page(s), in English; 1 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  In response to the concerns raised by the public for regulating 
the quality of exterior tiles to avoid safety hazards caused by falling tiles, the Bureau of 
Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) proposes to require that exterior tiles, both 
domestically produced and imported, be subject to mandatory inspection before they are 
placed on the market. The conformity assessment procedure will be Registration of 
Product Certification (RPC) (Module II Type Test+ Module VII Factory Inspec tion).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 9737:2016  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 2021  G/TBT/N/TPKM/425  
 
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  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 Enquiry Point  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4 , Sec. 1, Jinan Rd., Zhongzheng Dist.  
Taipei City 100 , Taiwan  
Tel: +(886 2) 3343 -5140  
Fax: +(886 2) 2343 -1804  
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/202 0/TBT/TPKM/20_4891_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/TPKM/20_4891_00_x.pdf  
 