Taiwan - Proposal for Amendments to the Legal Requirements for Fans and 6 Other Electrical Appliances

Taiwan Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) announced Proposal for Amendments to the Legal Requirements for Electrical Appliances (fans, vacuum cleaners & water-suction cleaners, electric food grinders, electric food mixers, electric juice extractors/ fruit squeezers, electric hair setting curlers, electric massage appliances)

In response to the safety concerns of secondary batteries which resulted in increasing incidents of explosion, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) proposes to include products with secondary cells/batteries in the inspection scope based on a staged approach. This proposal covers fans and 6 other electrical appliances and the secondary cells/batteries used by these products shall comply with CNS 15364: 2013 and Sections 7.3.8.1 "vibration" and 7.3.8.2 "mechanical shock" of CNS 62133-2: 2018. Relevant administrative arrangements for products already certified are provided.

Proposed date of adoption : To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force : Jan. 01, 2023
Final date for comments : Apr. 23, 2021