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WTO notification · TBT

ChinaProposed measure, not in force yet

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof

Official title

National Standard of the P.R.C., Safety requirements for industrial electroheating installations—Part 3: Induction heating and electromagnetic processing installations

China notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 11 August 2026. The comment period closed on 10 October 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Induction heating installations, electromagnetic installations

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
    • 851419 Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens, resistance heated (excl. hot isostatic presses, and for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on…
    • 854370 Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/2321

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 10 October 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

The comment period closed on 10 October 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/2321; it can take them up with China.

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What the notification says

This document specifies the safety requirements for induction heating and electromagnetic processing installations in the stages of design, manufacture, installation, operation and maintenance, inspection and acceptance. This document is applicable to installations for induction and conduction heating of solids, at low, mains, medium and high frequencies (direct current is also included for conduction heating). It applicable to installations for induction melting, holding and superheating liquid metal at low, mains, medium and high frequencies. It also applicable to those parts of the conveying or handling equipment of the electroheating installations which are within the influence of the heating section.

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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