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Lighting or visual signalling equipment – China

Official title

Implementation Rules CNCA-C11-07 of the Compulsory Certification for Motor Vehicle External Lighting and Light Signaling Devices of the P.R.C.

China notified this emergency TBT measure on 7 January 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.

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At a glance

Products

Motor vehicle external lighting and light signaling devices

HS codes
  • 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
    • 851220 Electrical lighting or visual signalling equipment for motor vehicles (excl. lamps of heading 8539)
    • 851290 Parts of electrical lighting or signalling equipment, windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters of a kind used for cycles and motor vehicles, n.e.s.
Notifying member
China
Status
Emergency measure, may already apply
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/2177

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
12 months after approval

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHN/2177; it forwards comments to China.

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What the notification says

This document specifies the scope of application, certification standards, certification modes, certification unit division, principles for classifying manufacturers, certification application, certification implementation, post-certification supervision, certification certificates, certification marks, fees, certification responsibilities, and detailed certification implementation rules for compulsory product certification of motor vehicle external lighting and light signaling devices This document applies to motor vehicle external lighting and light signaling devices.

Sources

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