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Plastics and articles thereof

Official title

WaterMark Certification Scheme - AS 4775. Emergency shower, eye and eye/face wash equipment and drench hoses

Australia issued an addendum on 3 December 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/AUS/192. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 21 November 2025. The comment period closed on 18 December 2025.

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Products

Emergency shower, eye and eye/face wash equipment and drench hoses. Baths, shower-baths, sinks and washbasins, of plastics; Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check

HS codes
  • 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
    • 392210 Baths, shower-baths, sinks and washbasins, of plastics
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 848180 Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check…
Notifying member
Australia
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/AUS/192Latest notice: G/TBT/N/AUS/192/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 18 December 2025
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 18 December 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/AUS/192/Add.1; it can take them up with Australia.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/AUS/192/Add.1⁩, 3 December 2025)

WaterMark Certification Scheme - AS 4775. Emergency shower, eye and eye/face wash equipment and drench hoses

Draft Australian Standard 4775 - Emergency eyewash, shower equipment and facilities, provided by Standards Australia as a licensed copy for WTO TBT consultation purposes.

This document specifies minimum requirements for the supply, installation, performance and use of — (a) eyewash and shower equipment for the emergency treatment of the eyes or body of a person who has been exposed to materials which may cause injuries; and (b) the following supplemental equipment: (i) Drench hoses. (ii) Self-contained (portable) equipment. This document covers — (i) emergency shower equipment; (ii) eyewash equipment; (iii) eye or face wash equipment; (iv) combination shower and eyewash or eye or face wash equipment; (v) Items (i) to (iv) above for people with disability; and (vi) accessibility for the above. This document does not cover large-scale multispray shower equipment that is used in major emergency response or military applications. However, eyewash units that are included with such equipment are covered by this document. NOTE: The equipment in this document is not suitable for the first aid of cryogenic burns. The Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA) requires that most products intended for use in plumbing and drainage installations in or around buildings to be evaluated and certified to WaterMark product specifications. WaterMark certification to an applicable product specification provides a process to evaluate and authorise products to enable their use in a plumbing and drainage installation. Thus ensuring that the plumbing and drainage products are fit for purpose for which they are intended. This Australian Standard was prepared in accordance…

Notices on this measure

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  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/AUS/192/Add.1

    WaterMark Certification Scheme - AS 4775. Emergency shower, eye and eye/face wash equipment and drench hoses

    Draft Australian Standard 4775 - Emergency eyewash, shower equipment and facilities, provided by Standards Australia as a licensed copy for WTO TBT consultation purposes.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/AUS/192

    Comment deadline: Closed on 18 December 2025

    WaterMark Certification Scheme - AS 4775. Emergency shower, eye and eye/face wash equipment and drench hoses

    This document specifies minimum requirements for the supply, installation, performance and use of — (a) eyewash and shower equipment for the emergency treatment of the eyes or body of a person who has been exposed to materials which may cause injuries; and (b) the following supplemental equipment: (i) Drench hoses. (ii) Self-contained (portable) equipment. This document covers — (i) emergency shower equipment; (ii) eyewash equipment; (iii) eye or face wash equipment; (iv) combination shower and eyewash or eye or face wash equipment; (v) Items (i) to (iv) above for people with disability; and (vi) accessibility for the above. This document does not cover large-scale multispray shower equipment that is used in major emergency response or military applications. However, eyewash units that are included with such equipment are covered by this document. NOTE: The equipment in this document is not suitable for the first aid of cryogenic burns. The Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA) requires that most products intended for use in plumbing and drainage installations in or around buildings to be evaluated and certified to WaterMark product specifications. WaterMark certification to an applicable product specification provides a process to evaluate and authorise products to enable their use in a plumbing and drainage installation. Thus ensuring that the plumbing and drainage products are fit for purpose for which they are intended. This Australian Standard was prepared in accordance…

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

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