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Chinese TaipeiProposed measure, open for comments

Proposal for Amendments to the Legal Inspection

Official title

Proposal for Amendments to the Legal Inspection Requirements for Fire-retardant Construction Materials

Chinese Taipei notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 21 October 2026. Comments are open until 20 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Fire-retardant Construction Materials - Calcium silicate boards, slag gypsum boards, fiber cement boards, regenerated fiber cement boards, decorative exterior panel of fiber reinforced cement sidings; - Cement bonded wood-wool boards, cement bonded wood-flake boards (HS code(s)

HS codes
  • 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
    • 3918 Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles; wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, in rolls with a width of…
    • 3920 Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular plastics, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without…
  • 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
    • 4411 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic bonding agents (excl. particle board, whether or not…
  • 48 · Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or paperboard
    • 4814 Wallpaper and similar wallcoverings of paper; window transparencies of paper
  • 59 · Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered or laminated; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
    • 5905 Textile wall coverings.
All 9 codes
  • 68 · Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; articles thereof
    • 6806 Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and…
    • 6808 Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood…
    • 6809 Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster (excl. plaster bandages for straightening fractures, put up for retail sale; plaster splints for the…
    • 6811 Articles of asbestos-cement, cellulose fibre-cement or the like
Notifying member
Chinese Taipei
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
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/TPKM/607

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 20 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 20 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/TPKM/607 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Chinese Taipei.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

The standards used for testing and inspection of calcium silicate boards, slag gypsum boards, fiber cement boards, regenerated fiber cement boards, decorative exterior panel of fiber reinforced cement sidings, cement bonded wood-wool boards, cement bonded wood-flake boards and gypsum boards have been revised. The BSMI proposes to adopt the revised standards to ensure that such products continue to meet applicable safety requirements. In addition, to ensure consistency, the BSMI also proposes to revise the conformity assessment procedure for wallpapers (coverings) from Monitoring Inspection to Type-Approved Batch Inspection (TABI). The alternative procedure of Registration of Product Certification (Modules II+III) remains available for business operators to choose depending on their needs.

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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