World Trade Organization
	G/TBT/N/CHN/237 16 November 2006
	(XX XXXX)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade	Original:  English

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated 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 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 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):  Domestic gas cooking appliances ICS: 97.040.20                              HS: 8416
5.	Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National Standard of the P.R.C., Domestic gas cooking appliances（46 pages, in Chinese）
6.	Description of content: This standard specifies the terms and definitions, classifications, requirements, test methods, inspection rules and marking, package, transportation and storage of domestic gas cooking appliances. This standard is applicable to domestic gas cooking appliances using city gas and domestic amphibious cooking appliances using city gas and electrical energy.
7.	Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: For regulating the market and the protection of human safety
8.	Relevant documents:  -
9.	Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months after adoption
10.	Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat
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:        WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People’s Republic of China Tel： +86 10 82260618 Fax:  +86 10 82262448 E_mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn