Self-ballasted fluorescent lamps (HS: Chapter 85). – Fluorescent, hot cathode (HS: 853931)

Public Notice under the Commodity Inspection Act (4 pages, in English; 3 pages, in Chinese)

Self-ballasted fluorescent lamps (hereinafter "the commodities")
have been subject to mandatory inspection under the Commodity Inspection Act by the
Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) since 1 March 2001.
In order to encourage industries to reduce the use of chemical substances in electric
products and, more importantly, to raise consumers' concerns on effective utilization of
resources to reduce the environmental burden, the BSMI proposes that the manufactures
or importers shall follow the requirements stipulated in Section 5 "Marking of presence" of
CNS 15663 and clearly mark "the presence conditions of the restricted substance(s)" on
the body, packages, stickers, or the instruction books of the commodities. Those who
utilize website as a means to announce "the presence conditions of the restricted
substance(s)" of the commodities shall also clearly mark the website address on the body,
packages, stickers, or the instruction books of the commodities.
In addition, the BSMI intends to revise the Description of Goods of the commodities and
adopt the revised standards CNS 14125 and CNS 14115, which were promulgated on
10 June 2014 and 4 March 2009 respectively.
The conformity assessment procedures remain the same, i.e. Registration of Product
Certification (RPC) or Type Approval Batch Inspection (TABI).