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Notifying Member: China

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  

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Agency responsible: General Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Stationary pressure vessels; Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel. (HS: 7311); Fluid storage devices (ICS: 23.020)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Technical Supervision Regulation for Safety of Stationary Pressure Vessels (127 pages, in Chinese).    

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Description of content: This technical regulation lays down the compulsory essential safety requirements for design, manufacture, installation, maintenance and repair, alternation, inspection, in-service, etc. of pressure vessels. It applies to the stationary pressure vessels covered bySpecial Equipment Safety Law of the People's Republic of China,manufactured and put into service within the territory of the P.R China. This technical regulation is the revision of the Supervision Regulationon Safety Technologyfor Stationary Pressure Vessel (2009Edition) which is effective now.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: To protect personal and property safety

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Relevant documents: Special Equipment Safety Law of the People's Republic of China;

Supervision Regulation on Safety Technology for Stationary Pressure Vessel (2009 Edition)

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Proposed date of adoption: 1 October 2015

Proposed date of entry into force: 1 March 2016

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Final date for comments: 60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel.: +86 10 84603950/84603782

Fax: +86 10 84603811

E-mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn

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