 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/55 
14 July 2004 
 (04-3037) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Standardization Administration of China (SAC) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [ X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Power driven vehicles 
operating on the roads within the territory of China.  ICS:  13.100  T 09 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Safety Specifications 
for Power Driven Vehicles Operating on Roads (31 Pages, in Chinese) 
6. Description of content:   This is a compulsory standard specifying the basic technical 
requirements and test methods for whole vehicles, main assemblies and safety-protection 
devices relating to the safety running of motor vehicles, and it also specifies the 
environmental protection requirements for moto r vehicles and additional requirements for 
fire-fighting vehicles, ambulances, engineering-wrecking vehicles and police patrol vehicles. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
This standard is one of the corresponding sta ndards for the “Law on Road Traffic Safety of 
The People’s Republic of China” entered into force as of 1 May 2004, which needed to be 
issued and implemented immediately. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law on Road Traffic Safety of The People’s Republic of China 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 July 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
China WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point 
Tel: +86 10 82260618 
Fax: +86 10 82262448 E_mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn  
 