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ChinaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Exception List for the Restriction of Hazardous

Official title

Exception List for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances of the Standard Achieving Management Catalogue (2025 Edition)（Draft for comments)

China notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 26 November 2025. The comment period closed on 25 January 2026.

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Products

refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, electric water heaters, TVs, projectors, monitors, smart speakers, robot vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, electric rice cookers, water dispensers, electronic smart locks, industrial washing machines, air cleaning appliances, dishwashers, electric o

HS codes
  • 83 · Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal
    • 83 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 84 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 85 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND…
  • 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories
    • 90 OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
  • 91 · Clocks and watches and parts thereof
    • 91
  • 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
    • 94 FURNITURE; BEDDING, MATTRESSES, MATTRESS SUPPORTS, CUSHIONS AND SIMILAR STUFFED FURNISHINGS; LUMINAIRES AND LIGHTING FITTINGS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR…
  • 95 · Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
    • 95
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 26 November 2025. Check WTO ePing or China for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/2150

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 25 January 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 25 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHN/2150; it can take them up with China.

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What the notification says

This catalogue includes 33 kinds of products totally. It provides the scope, definition and the applicable scope description for each product. In cases where it is technically or economically unfeasible, an exception list for application has been compiled.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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