WTO notification · TBT
Chinese TaipeiProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Official title
Draft Amendment to the 'Restrictions on the Manufacture, Import, and Sale of Dry Cell Batteries'
Chinese Taipei notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 2 April 2026. The comment period closed on 1 June 2026.
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One-time-use non-button type cell batteries: manganese-zinc batteries and alkaline manganese batteries; One-time-use button cell batteries: alkaline manganese batteries, mercuric oxide batteries and silver oxide batteries
The comment period closed on 1 June 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/TPKM/590; it can take them up with Chinese Taipei.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The 'Restrictions on the Manufacture, Import, and Sale of Dry Cell Batteries' (hereinafter referred to as the 'Announcement') was first promulgated on 27 March 2006, and has been revised three times, most recently on 2 March 2015. To strengthen domestic mercury management and align with the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury, the Ministry of Environment amended the 'Regulated Toxic Chemical Substances and Their Management Matters' in 2025 to remove the permitted use of mercury in the manufacturing of silver oxide and zinc-air button cell batteries with a mercury content of less than 2%. Accordingly, relevant provisions of the Announcement and Attached Table 1 of Item 2 will be revised.
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