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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: Standardization Administration of China (SAC)

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 [ ], 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): Seamless steel gas cylinders. Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel (HS: 7311). Gas pressure vessels, gas cylinders (ICS: 23.020.30)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: National Standard of the P.R.C. Seamless steel gas cylinders – Part 3: Normalized cylinders (45 pages, in Chinese)

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Description of content: This standard specifies types, parameters, technical requirements, test methods, inspection rules, stamp marking of normalizing and tempering seamless steel gas cylinders.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents: TSG R0006-2014, Supervision Regulation on Safety Technology for Gas Cylinders

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Proposed date of adoption: 90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat

Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months after adoption

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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:

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/CHN/16_0020_00_x.pdf