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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):

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Agency responsible:

Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI)

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:

Please submit comments to: WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Illuminance meters

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposal for Amendments to Regulations Governing Verification and Inspection of Measuring Instruments; (10 page(s), in Chinese), (9 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) proposes to amend the "Regulations Governing Verification and Inspection of Measuring Instruments." The major changes are as follows:

1. Illuminance meters which are used by environmental protection authorities and air pollutant testing organizations will be added to the scope of legal measurement instruments subject to verification;

2. "Not for trade use" will be required to be labelled on the measuring instruments of which the verification scale interval is more than 10,000 and is not for trade use; and

3. Physical signature will not be required for online applications for verification.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements

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Relevant documents:

The Weights and Measures Act

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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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) 23431916

Fax: +(886-2) 23431804

Email: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/TPKM/23_12499_00_x.pdf