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14 February 2020  
(20-1162) 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 Chinan Road, Section 1  
Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel:(886 -2) 3343 -2268 
Fax:(886 -2) 3343 -3991 
E-mail: yuyi.lee@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 indica ted 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):  Child 
restraint system for vehicles; Other seats (HS 940180)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for 
amendment to legal inspection requirements for child restraint system for vehicles 
(3 page(s), in En glish; 1 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  Child restraint system for vehicles are subject to mandatory 
inspection under the product safety system administered by the Bureau of Standards, 
Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) in accordance with th e Commodity Inspection Act. The 
BSMI is proposing to adopt the revised CNS 11497 "Children restraint system for vehicles" 
(2019) as the new testing and inspection standard, to replace the current version 
published in 2010. Revisions included in the new vis ion mainly concern labelling, such as 
information to be labelled in Chinese and included in the user manual, warnings for 
airbags, etc. The conformity assessment procedure remains unchanged, i.e. Registration of 
Product Certification (RPC) Scheme.  
7. Obje ctive and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Commodity Inspection Act, CNS 11497 (2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2020  G/TBT/N/TPKM/402  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  30 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  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
4 Chinan Road, Section 1  
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/2020/TBT/TPKM/20_1182_00_e.pdf  
https://members .wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/TPKM/20_1182_00_x.pdf  
 