Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu - Exterior tile - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 28 April 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.

 

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Title: Proposal for Amendments to the Legal Inspection Requirements for Exterior Tiles

 

Reason for Addendum:

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Comment period changed - date:

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Notified measure adopted - date:

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Notified measure published - date:

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Notified measure enters into force - date:

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Text of final measure available from[1]:

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Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:

Relevant symbol if measure re-notified:

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Content or scope of notified measure changed and text available from1:

The latest version of standard will be adopted to perform the inspection.

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/TPKM/modification/25_03061_00_e.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/TPKM/modification/25_03061_00_x.pdf

New deadline for comments (if applicable): 60 days from notification

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Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:

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Description: The measure notified in document G/TBT/N/TPKM/425/Add.3 will be implemented on 1 August 2025. The relevant inspection standard, CNS 9737, has been revised to address technical challenges in applying the dovetail form back feet requirement to small-sized exterior tiles—specifically, those with a surface area of less than 4 cm². Accordingly, the revised standard will exempt such tiles from this requirement. In addition, the revised standard will introduce a new requirement for labeling the "year, month" or "year, week" of manufacture. This notification serves to inform WTO Members of these forthcoming changes and the adoption of the updated version of CNS 9737 as the inspection standard.

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